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Justice For Haiti

Justice for Haiti

The UN has ended its 15-year long peacekeeping presence in Haiti. Ostensibly sent to reinforce security, build rule of law and promote human rights, UN peacekeepers leave a more problematic…

Trump or Harris?

A WEEK from today, nervous tension will be spiking within and beyond the US as the results roll in from what has been hyped up as the most consequential election…

The grand delusion

A LONG-STANDING narrative has been in play in the country that Pakistan’s myriad development challenges and sub-Saharan African under-performance have been entirely due to a weak economy. This narrative does…

Hope never dies

RINGING out the old and ringing in the new at the turn of the year invariably involves wishful thinking. Mostly, the detritus of the recent past flows pretty much seamlessly…

Does America know the world?

It is election season in America. And for politicians, it is time to talk policy. Anyone who watched the TV debate between Donald Trump and President Biden on June 27…

Big mistake?

The government of Bangladesh is implementing dozens of incentives to encourage residential solar power installations. Here are some of the key incentives: Guaranteed pricing for electricity generated from solar power,…

FATF strategic initiatives & Pakistan

The fourth, three-day plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded on October 27, 2023, with delegates from more than 200 jurisdictions that addressed prominent issues related to…

Migration crisis

Top officials of 11 Latin American and Caribbean governments met October 22 in Chiapas, Mexico to deal with the flood of migrants heading to the United States. There was agreement…