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Bangladesh Is Booming. Don’t Believe the Negative Hype0
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- January 27, 2019
Sumit Ganguly’s recent FP article branded Bangladesh’s election a debacle. Dhaka’s ambassador to the United States begs to differ. BY MOHAMMAD ZIAUDDIN | JANUARY 24, 2019 Foreign Policy Magazine Foreign Policy’s Jan. 7 article titled “The World Should Be Watching Bangladesh’s Election Debacle” is an inaccurate and unfair portrayal of Bangladesh’s recent election. The article is wrong when it asserts
READ MOREThe World Should Be Watching Bangladesh’s Election Debacle0
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- January 27, 2019
The ruling party is making a mockery of the electoral process, pandering to Islamic extremists, and turning the country into an authoritarian state BY SUMIT GANGULY | JANUARY 7, 2019 Foreign Policy Magazine On Dec. 30, 2018, Bangladesh held its 11th national election since becoming independent in 1971. The questionable results ended in a sweeping victory for the ruling
READ MOREChina’s Most Popular App Is Full of Hate; WeChat groups have become a major vector for anti-Muslim conspiracy theories0
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- November 27, 2018
By Frankie Huang | November 27, 2018, 10:05 AM A Trump supporter holds up a sign during an anti-sharia law rally organized by ACT for America on June 10 2017 in New York. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) The last two years have seen a crackdown on Islamic practices by the Chinese government, from the incarceration of
READ MOREIn China’s debt, Malaysia and Pakistan pledge to help each other0
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- November 21, 2018
New Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad say they face similar situations of ‘unprecedented debt’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 Tashny Sukumaran The announcement came as Pakistan’s new prime minister, Imran Khan, wrapped up his first visit to Kuala Lumpur since coming to office in August. The move by the
READ MOREFor Them, Afghanistan Is Safer Than China0
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- November 2, 2018
Persecution in Xinjiang is pushing Uighurs over the border. By Haiyun Ma, I-wei Jennifer Chang | November 1, 2018, 2:10 PM Ethnic Uigur women look through a security fence as Chinese soldiers stand guard in Urumqi, in China’s far west Xinjiang region, on July 9, 2009. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images) Afghanistan’s borderlands have long been a
READ MOREIn Xinjiang, unwanted Chinese guests monitor Uighur homes 24/70
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- October 26, 2018
A Uighur man and his granddaughter are seen in their home after a meal during the Corban Festival, known to Muslims worldwide as Eid al-Adha or “feast of the sacrifice,” in China’s far western Xinjiang province on Sept. 12, 2016. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) ChinaFile China’s Nightmare Homestay In Xinjiang, unwanted Chinese guests monitor Uighur homes
READ MOREWestern Officials Ignored Myanmar’s Warning Signs of Genocide0
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- August 31, 2018
A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Oct. 9, 2017. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images) FEATURE U.S. and U.N. diplomats overlooked atrocity amid hopes of democracy. BY JUSTIN LYNCH AUGUST 30, 2018, 12:36 PM One year ago, on Aug. 30, 2017, Myanmar’s military began
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Washington Warns of Sanctioning India Over Russian Missile System0
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- August 31, 2018
The world’s two largest democracies have a burgeoning defense relationship. Moscow could play spoiler. BY LARA SELIGMAN | AUGUST 29, 2018 A Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system is displayed at the exposition field in Kubinka’s Patriot Park outside Moscow on Aug. 22, 2017. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images) The United States is refusing to rule out sanctions on India—a
READ MOREAmerica Needs the Muhammad Ali Doctrine0
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- August 30, 2018
When in doubt, Washington’s foreign-policy strategy should be to rope-a-dope. BY STEPHEN M. WALT | AUGUST 24, 2018 Sonny Liston lies out for the count after being KO’d in the first round of his return title fight by world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, Lewiston, Maine, May 25, 1965. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) It’s tempting to spend all one’s
READ MOREThe Belt and Road Bubble Is Starting to Burst0
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- June 29, 2018
China’s hasty international investments are beginning to drag down its own economy. By David G. Landry June 27, 2018 China’s President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 4, 2015. (LINTAO ZHANG/AFP/Getty Images) In a sense, the Sicomines resources-for-infrastructure
READ MOREChildren Are Paying the Price for Afghanistan’s Endless War0
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- June 27, 2018
As schools become targets, young Afghans are living and working on the streets — and the government isn’t doing much to protect them. By Preethi Nallu | June 27, 2018 Children working as street hawkers at a bazaar in western Kabul say their biggest fears are “terrorist attacks” where they work and kidnappings. (Preethi Nallu/Samuel
READ MOREThe Rohingya Have Fled One Crisis for Another0
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- May 16, 2018
As the monsoon season looms, hundreds of thousands of refugees are living in overcrowded Bangladeshi refugee camps at risk of an imminent cholera outbreak. By Sophie Cousins* May 15, 2018 Rohingya refugees in Balukhali camp on January 13, 2018 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) KUTUPALONG-BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — Lukia fled Myanmar with
READ MORERussia and Taliban deny US claims of working together0
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- March 26, 2018
25 March 2018 Media captionGen John Nicholson: “We know that the Russians are involved” Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, the insurgent group. Gen John Nicholson told the BBC last week he had seen
READ MOREHasan Minhaj; For defining the narrative of a “New Brown America”0
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- February 11, 2018
BY BENJAMIN SOLOWAY Hasan Minhaj in New York on Nov. 27. (Jesse Dittmar for Foreign Policy) HASAN MINHAJ, COMEDIAN, 32, UNITED STATES NOTABLE FACT: During an event in Sacremento at which writer Wajahat Ali was a panelist, Minhaj’s father pulled Ali aside and asked him to help convince Minhaj to give up comedy and attend law school. It
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