CURRENT AFFAIRS
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GRAFT IN GOVERNMENT
When corruption becomes a way of life, people consider robbery to be the new normal. As French economist and writer Claude-Frédéric Bastiat
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THE RULE OF LAW
Supremacy of the law is paramount to any society on which a state is founded. While the reasons for an increase in crime are complex, weaknesses
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CHINA TODAY
When I was first asked to write a brief about the Chinese economy for this column a couple of years ago, I referred to
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RELIGIOUS CONTRACT
As Sri Lanka faces the prospect of imminent disintegration, shouldn’t we unite to fight the ideas that cause division? Tottering on a precipice in a fashion
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HONG KONG PROTESTS
Extradition to face trial in China for crimes committed in Hong Kong… it’s as scary as it sounds, which is why Hong Kongers
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RULE OF LAW
The all-encompassing influence of political power is a misleading illusion. George Bernard Shaw once said that “power does not corrupt men; fools however
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THE US TODAY
Fifty economically diverse states, a GDP that accounts for a quarter of the world’s output, an average annual growth rate of three percent
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TOMORROW’S WORLD
August global events calendar. 2019 summer conference on investigative journalism in London
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COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION
On 17 April, 80 percent of the 193 million registered Indonesians cast their vote in one
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COUNTERING EXTREMISM
Even though violent extremism can never be justified, it’s not something that happens in a vacuum. Apart from actual
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