The Middle Eastern oasis has been attracting my fellow Brits in droves. I went to see what the fuss is all about. I have been coming to the UAE for …
Opinion
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Turkey’s Growing Engagement in Bangladesh Adds a New Layer to South Asia’s Strategic Balancing
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 4 minutes readTurkey’s quiet but accelerating outreach to Bangladesh is no longer a bilateral curiosity. It is emerging as a new variable in South Asia’s already crowded strategic equation. As Dhaka explores …
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Why U.S.–India Cooperation Is More Powerful When Aligned with the UAE and Israel
by Nissim B. Reuben 6 minutes readAt a moment of mounting global instability from attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea to rising tensions across the Indo-Pacific the question facing American policymakers is no longer …
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A Nation of Storytellers: Why Sri Lanka’s New PR Body Signals a Country Reclaiming its Narrative
by Farzana Baduel 7 minutes readTravel teaches you things no classroom can. Not just about countries, but about yourself. When I arrived at the Sheraton in Colombo to speak on risk, resilience, and crisis communications, …
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Opinion: Resetting Ties is Now the Challenge
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readBetween a best deal and a sellout, people of India are a witness to an ongoing shouting match between the government and the opposition on what exactly the deliverables are …
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“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agree than to disagree.” — Dean Acheson In early August last year, President Donald Trump, in his usual …
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The Mind-Brain Problem and Its Connection to South Asian Teens
by Rutvi Dhuliaby Rutvi Dhulia 3 minutes readSince childhood, we’ve been taught that the words mind and brain are synonyms. Even in daily conversations, you may find yourself using them interchangeably. However, as research suggests, the relationship …
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Why Radio Remains Essential to Expanding Education Access
by Said Yasinby Said Yasin 5 minutes readOn a spring morning in April 2020, as classrooms across Pakistan and the rest of the world fell silent and blackboards gathered dust, learning did not simply evaporate. Instead, a …
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Bangladesh’s 2026 Election and the Geopolitics of a Likely Hung Parliament
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 5 minutes readAs Bangladesh moves toward its next general election, expected to take place on February 12, the prospect of a hung parliament is no longer a peripheral concern but a central …
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IMF Country Focus: Business Growth and Innovation Can Boost India’s Productivity
by Harald Finger and Nujin Suphaphiphat 4 minutes readIndia’s productivity growth over the past two decades has been impressive, reflecting rapid expansion in high-value services, gradual efficiency-enhancing reforms, and scale advantages from a large domestic market. That said, …