Editor’s Picks
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A second Arab Spring brewing?
What has been happening in Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan for the past one and half months is nothing short…
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Ultralong bonds: Can they work?
The Treasury Department is entertaining the idea of issuing ultralong-term debt instruments with a possible maturity of 100 years. The…
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South Asia: A front for global economic domination
By Samarth Kavoori Whatever the opponents of the China-backed- Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) such as Australia, Japan and India…
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Prosecutors retreat from Boustani trial narrative
By Gil Kapen The fraud and money-laundering trial of Jean Boustani, a Lebanese boat salesman, grinds to its conclusion in…
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World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47
By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the…
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A progressive foreign policy
By Lyes Jalali-Yazdi In late 2017, Senator Sanders took to the stage at Westminster College to lay forth the progressive…
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Punching above one’s weight: Is Bangladesh slated to be the New Asian Tiger?
By Samarth Kavoori The World Bank (WB) released reports indicating that the GDP growth rate for Bangladesh in the 2019-20…
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Saudi Arabia and Israel – an overdue embrace
By Jonathan Honigman Iran and Turkey Given its ancient history, large population, and leadership amongst the Shiite community that accounts…
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Trump has upended the long history of US investment in Ukraine’s democracy
By Matthew Pauly, Michigan State University On a cold December night in 2016, Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine,…
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Lebanese protest unity triumphs decades of sectarian division
By Younes Mahmoudieh Selective media coverage in the West often results in a fragmented and inconsistent understanding of events in…
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