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Patterns to Politics: Entering 20190
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- January 19, 2019
by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera 19 January 2019 “To understand is to perceive patterns.” ― Isaiah Berlin In the new year, Sri Lanka remains at a crossroads. As before, the island nation requires carefully calibrated statecraft from policy makers to choose the path towards prosperity. The political, constitutional and parliamentary crisis over the last months of 2018
READ MOREShaping the new world order: The battle for human rights0
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- January 19, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 19 January 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. China is leading the charge in a bid to undermine accepted concepts of human rights accountability and justice. The Chinese effort backed by autocrats elsewhere has turned human rights into an underrated,
READ MOREBrewing Hot Espresso Coffee with the Cricketers: Another One Bites the Dust0
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- January 18, 2019
by Mrittika Nandy 18 January 2019 Koffee with Karan, a show that has garnered high Television Rating Points (TRP’s) over six decades on Star World is currently the core contention of debate and deliberation. Been on the electronic platform for more than 6 decades with a prominent face from Bollywood, Karan Johar (renowned Director of
READ MOREDuterte’s war on drugs: is Philippine a standard Sri Lanka should aspire to?0
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- January 18, 2019
by Natasha Fernando 18 January 2019 Sri Lanka and Philippine diplomatic relations dates back to 1961 with bilateral visits and discussion on cooperation spanning cultural affairs, visa and taxation requirements for Philippine workers in Sri Lanka, trade and air transport. The first official head of state visit occurred in 1976 when Hon. Sirimavo Bandaranaike visited
READ MOREBook Review: Between The Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir0
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- January 17, 2019
Anam Zakaria’s Book, ‘Between the Great Divide: A Journey into the Pakistan Administered Kashmir’ brings together ten essays in three parts: Conflict, State policies and Beyond the cease fire. The work purely seems an ethnography of a significant part of Jammu and Kashmir now administered by Pakistan and mostly known as ‘Azad Kashmir’ by masses and
READ MOREHATE PLASTIC CAMPAIGN NECESSARY?0
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- January 16, 2019
In recent years, around the world, the vigorous and noisy anti-plastic campaign by the so-called environmentalists and activists to stop using plastics for short term and long term need have been gaining strength, backed by the media campaign. The campaign against plastics has now virtually descended to a hate plastic campaign, making innocent people think
READ MOREPakistan Securing Its Maritime Interest and CPEC0
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- January 16, 2019
by Qur Tul Ain Hafeez 16 January 2019 The IOR is a major sea route that unites the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia with Europe and America. The excessive economic growth of littoral states of Indian Ocean obliges them to protect their energy needs and interests in order to endure their purchasing power. This
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Inside the Beltway: Iran hardliners vs Iran hardliners0
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- January 16, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 16 January 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Alarm bells went off last September in Washington’s corridors of power when John Bolton’s national security council asked the Pentagon for options for military strikes against Iran. The council’s request was
READ MOREInactive Lifestyle – Bangladesh’s Much Ignored Health Risks0
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- January 16, 2019
By Dr. Asad Khan 16 January 2019 In recent years Bangladesh has done well to achieve multiple health targets – has reduced under-5 infant mortality, eradicated most communicable diseases, increased longevity etc. etc. However, with the change of time and circumstances it now faces new challenges in health for which country’s health education and the
READ MOREInduction of Pakistan A-100 MLRS and Deterrence Equation of South Asia0
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- January 16, 2019
by Syeda Saiqa Bukhari 16 January 2019 Pakistan inducted A-100 rocket in Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) into its arsenals, boosting the strength of Artillery Crop on January 4, 2019. The missile system was indigenously developed by Pakistani scientists and engineers. MLRS which comprise of two main elements: rocket munitions and a self-propelled platform to carry and launch
READ MORERecreating Popular Policies into Movies: The ‘Political’ Box Office in India1
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- January 14, 2019
How’s the Josh (Energy)? High Sir. How’s the Josh? High Sir. How’s the Josh? High Sir. Jai Hind! This particular dialogue from the movie Uri that released last week has taken social media and political circles by storm. One of the first releases by Bollywood and distributed by Zee Studios in India has garnered attention
READ MORE2018 Parliamentary Elections- A Promising Prospectus for the Electoral Infrastructure in Afghanistan0
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- January 14, 2019
Ahmadullah Archiwal 14 January 2019 In October, Afghanistan held the long-delayed parliamentary elections, a process which has since gone from good to bad and now to the ugly. The elections were significant for many reasons. The current parliament, which overstayed for over three years, was legally bound to be replaced by a new parliament in
READ MOREMyanmar sends more troops to troubled Rakhine State0
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- January 14, 2019
Myanmar’s military has been sending more troops to Rakhine State where fighting has intensified. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung ThuASIA UNHEDGEDREAL-TIME INTEL ON WHAT MOVES MARKETS On January 4, Independence Day, the Arakan Army launched a series of attacks on police stations. Clashes continue and are expected to intensify By BERTIL LINTNER JANUARY 14, 2019 The war in Myanmar’s
READ MOREKashmir’s Shah Feasal Reimagining Electoral Politics 0
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- January 14, 2019
By Dr. Adfer Shah 14 January 2019 Dr Shah Faesal’s reclaiming and reimagining the electoral politics after resigning from the prestigious civil services in Kashmir neither seems vapid nor promising at the moment. The prominent youth icon shot to fame when he topped the Indian Civil Services (IAS) in 2010. It was a time when the Kashmir
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