The Arab Spring is not dead | Arab Spring
“The Arab Spring is dead,” analysts and commentators have proclaimed repeatedly since the period immediately following the successful overthrow of
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Opinions
Coup, cyclone and a new bond between Myanmar’s Rohingya and Rakhine | Rohingya
I was born in 1986 in a village in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State marked by green farms and cows ploughing
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Biden’s fossil fuel hypocrisy is betraying the planet | Joe Biden
Ahead of its Climate Ambition Summit in September, the United Nations is calling on global leaders to phase out fossil
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The end of affirmative action will also hurt white students | Opinions
The recent Supreme Court decision to ban the consideration of race in college admissions is poised to have a significant
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China’s missing minister: Qin Gang’s gone, but Xi Jinping looks weaker too | Politics
The removal of Qin Gang, China’s youngest foreign minister several decades, and the 57-year-old’s mysterious month-long disappearance, have grabbed global
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Africa, beware of Russia’s money promises | Russia-Ukraine war
Amid the backdrop of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and growing international isolation, Russia will attempt to demonstrate it can
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Sudan is heading towards complete state collapse | Opinions
As a result of a series of bloody conflicts, bad leadership, endemic corruption, long periods of complete international isolation and
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An Israeli civil war? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Israel’s decades-long colonial and religious war against the Palestinians has culminated in what appears to be Jewish civil strife bordering
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The international community must stand up to Myanmar’s junta | Opinions
A year ago today, Myanmar awoke to the news that its military leaders had resumed use of the death penalty,
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Cambodia’s sham election might be Hun Sen’s last | Opinions
When I first met Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, I didn’t have much hope for his future. A seemingly shy,
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