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Saudi king Salman to relinquish power in favor of son Prince Mohammed next week!0
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- November 19, 2017
– Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal 19/11/2017 Saudi King Salman plans to relinquish power next week in favor of his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who earned a special niche in an international area with his anti-corruption move, targeting princes, royal families and top officials with links with royal corridors of power. Unless something dramatic
READ MORESaudi-UAE push to mobilize tribes against Qatari emir0
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- November 19, 2017
By James M. Dorsey Nearly six months into the Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to mobilize tribal opposition as well as little known members of one branch of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family in a bid to weaken, if not topple, Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
READ MOREDebate: Rejecting Commonalities Between Ambedkar and Periyar Is Equivalent to Denying Facts0
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- November 18, 2017
By Punitha Pandiyan on 17/11/2017 Ambedkar’s position on Brahmins and on post-independent India was quite similar to Periyar’s. B.R. Ambedkar (left), Periyar. Credit: Wikimedia Commons I am puzzled by P.A. Krishnan’s response to my piece in The Wire. To reiterate, I wrote that piece to essentially show that both anti-caste crusaders Babasaheb Ambedkar and Periyar
READ MOREPrime Minister Saad Hariri’s return to Lebanon: A moment of truth0
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- November 15, 2017
By James M. Dorsey November 15, 2017 The proof will be in the pudding when Prime Minister Saad Hariri returns home in the coming days to a country in which friend and foe have rallied around him and he clarifies whether he intends to follow through on his controversial decision to resign. Few in Lebanon
READ MORETo call Kashmir a territorial dispute is to dehumanize it: Ambassador Buch0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 13, 2017
November 13, 2017 By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai November 12, 2017. New York. “It was an honor to have an hour-long meeting with Ambassador Yusuf Buch at his residence in New York City,” said Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary General, World Kashmir Awareness Forum. While paying homage to Ambassador Buch’s life in exile, Fai said: “Ambassador
READ MOREArab media: Saudi purge promises tighter control0
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- November 12, 2017
By James M. Dorsey Long-standing Saudi efforts to dominate the pan-Arab media landscape appear to have moved into high gear with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s purge that targeted members of the ruling Al Saud family as well as prominent businessmen, including at least two media moguls. The purge could also signal an escalation
READ MOREMyanmar’s Tatmadaw and the Making of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 12, 2017
By: Zachary Abuza November 10, 2017 Since August 25, Myanmar’s security forces have conducted what the United Nations (UN) has described as “a textbook case of ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. It has forced more than 589,000 Rohingya civilians to flee to Bangladesh, killing an estimated 3,000 people and burning 288
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh resigns0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 11, 2017
The Chief Justice if the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Mr. Suredra Kumar Sinha has resigned today the 11th November. He sent a letter of resignation while he is vacationing in Australia to President Abdul Hamid which has been confirmed. The same President announced Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is facing 11 charges, including money laundering
READ MOREAssessing the paradigm shift in India’s foreign policy: Abandoning the traditional approach?0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 6, 2017
Summary In the modern global world, where does India sees itself? A question that heeds into an “endless discussion,” still cloaks academicians, foreign policy and strategic experts into a debate. Using what elements will we able to understand India’s ambitious foreign policy? Prime Minister Modi’s “decisive” victory opened a “Pandora box” of new foreign policy
READ MORENepal Elections: A Right Direction for Constitution Implementation and Political Stability0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 5, 2017
By Hari Prasad Shrestha Some critics consider Nepal almost as a one-city state. Almost all the country’s opportunities, its decent medical facilities, its key places for education, its administrative centers, the whole thing is in Kathmandu. The centralized system of state became major causes of increasing inequalities between Kathmandu and rest of the nation.
READ MORESaudi crackdown raises spectre of wider spread dissent0
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- November 5, 2017
By James M. Dorsey Few paid attention to a rare protest in Saudi Arabia in late January 2011 as a wave of popular uprisings swept the Middle East and North Africa, toppling the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Yet, the protests and criticism of the government’s handling of floods in the Red
READ MOREMONSOON RAINS BRING CHENNAI CITY, INDIA TO IT’S KNEES – SHOULD IT BE SO BAD?0
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- November 4, 2017
The northeast monsoon in the first week of November has been heavy with a torrential downpour in Chennai city, and suburbs, as per the forecast correctly made several weeks earlier. It caused severe disruption for a few days, disrupting traffic, water entering into some residences and with loss of lives. A careful study of the
READ MOREBangladesh elections and absence of democracy0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 3, 2017
In Bangladesh, the Prime Minister has all the power and to grab this power; the two large parties participate in elections. One side wins; the other party goes on the run. Their leaders get hundreds of charges against them, and they are ridiculed, some get killed or abducted. The race is to grab absolute power
READ MOREIn shadowy covert wars, Iran takes centre stage0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- November 2, 2017
By James M. Dorsey In the shadowy world of covert proxy wars, Iran is taking centre stage, both as a target and a player. A series of incidents involving Iranian ethnic and religious minorities raise the spectre of the United States and Saudi Arabia seeking to destabilize the Islamic republic. Not to sit back passively,
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