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India’s Healthcare Paradox
Recent months of this year have revealed a grim reality of the Indian healthcare system. In August and September of…
The South-Asian Tinderbox: Rising Tensions and U.S.…
With the eyes of the world fixed on Kim-Jong Un and Donald Trump's war of words, another serious escalation has…
Not So Sharif: “Fontgate”, Praetorianism and…
The resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his family’s offshore wealth revealed by the Panama Paper leaks…
Radicalism to Reintegration: Counterterrorism Efforts in…
The largest terrorist attack in Indonesia in recent years took place in the capital on January 14th, 2016. Two of…
False Idol: Aung San Suu Kyi and the Rohingya Crisis
The events that have sparked the current crisis in Myanmar began on August 25th, when Rohingya militants, belonging…
Recovery Time TBD: Tuberculosis And The Fight For Global…
When considering disease endemics in the developing world, the focus falls most commonly on HIV and malaria.…
The Drug War You’ve Never Heard Of: The Green…
Located in Northern India on the border with Pakistan, Punjab is a land famous for its warriors and…
Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Cultural Context or a…
The Bangladeshi government recently passed a law described by Human Rights Watch as a “devastating step backward,"…
Hong Kong 2017 Chief Executive Elections: A Dwindling…
Hong Kong’s chief executive elections, one of the city’s most anticipated political events, are scheduled to take…
Duterte’s Fight for Reproductive Health Could…
In an ongoing polemic against the Catholic Church, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently issued an…
Hallmarks of Genocide: The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
In Majority-Buddhist Myanmar, the Rohingya Muslim minority, comprising of roughly one-million people, reside mainly…
Is the Indian Demonetization Policy Any Good?
On November 8, 2016, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that 500- and 1000- rupee notes, which make…