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Celebrating Success Stories from Bangladesh on International Women’s Day ✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
- Analysis
- March 7, 2021
On a beautiful sunny day in the winter of 1983, I was in Savar in Bangladesh, visiting an income-generating project for the village women. The scene is sombre. I see a handful of saree-clad local women, with their heads covered, lined up. They are standing with baskets and road construction equipment in their hands, their heads slightly down,
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Armed Conflict in the CAR: Religion, Identity, and Political Dialogue
- Analysis
- March 4, 2021
The Central African Republic is again engulfed by conflict. This time, the conflict centred on the Presidential election of December 2020. As the country prepared for the elections, the Constitutional Court rejected former President Bozizé’s candidacy. There were disagreements over the electoral process, voter registration, and the inclusion of refugees and internally displaced persons. In that context, a
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Why Alexei Navalny Has Failed to Spark Revolution in Russia
- Analysis
- February 26, 2021
For the past few weeks, Russia-related news has been dominated by the story of opposition activist Alexei Navalny, the latest twist in the saga being a decision this week by Amnesty International to deprive Navalny of his status as a prisoner of conscience. Given that Navalny is considered by many to be Russia’s most prominent
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Peace in Afghanistan: Deeper Level Dialogue Needed
- Analysis
- February 23, 2021
The sustainability of any peace agreement is, to no small extent, a function of the inclusivity of the peace process that led to it. It also dependent on a widely shared notion that the status quo must be replaced in the interest of the greater good, even if some sacrifices are required en route. Consistent with
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