Global Politics
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The Crumbling Pillar of Opposition Parties
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Democracy in the post-world war era is understood as a form of government which permits rotation of power. For democracy to thrive, it requires incumbents to lose elections from time to time. When reelection is guaranteed, ruling parties do not see any incentives to respond to public opinions or ensure the general welfare. Such structures even witness…
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Intercepting China’s old Deceits
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The growing strains of the Trade War and international upheavals of the United States and other nations with China extend to its competitor in Asia itself. Countries that are dissatisfied with China’s supremacy are closely watching for developments on the Ladakh border conflict between India and China. The intriguing facet of the Sino-Indian tussle that…
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Safeguarding Sexual Minorities from Conversion Therapy in India: Judiciary as the Custodian of Constitutional Rights
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September 2020 will mark the two-year anniversary of decriminalization of homosexuality in India. This progressive realisation of human rights was achieved by the Supreme Court of India (SC) in the landmark case of Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India and has since then been celebrated as a win against homophobia – a colonial inheritance…
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Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia: [Only] One small step forward for LGBTQI+ rights
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Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia: [Only] One small step forward for LGBTQI+ rights By Joshua Taylor and Alice Taylor-Kirby Last month, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia. Hailed as ‘a triumph for both the country and the court’ and ‘a simple and profound victory for L.G.B.T. civil…
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The Saudi Trail in Yemen’s Quandary
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Yemen might just be on the brink of an irreversible collapse. The country is grappled in a perverse storm of difficulties along with a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. With an ill-timed war, coronavirus, extensive human rights violations, famines, regional oil conflicts, and a crumbling health care system, Yemen has now become what the UN calls “exceptionally…
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Seasonality and Policymaking in Sub-Saharan Africa
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By Parth Ahya and Justin Graham Ahmadu is a farmer in northeastern Nigeria. His life is shaped by seasons. The best time of the year is October. In October, Ahmadu can sell several bags of his newly harvested grains for a small profit. Over the following 2–3 months, Ahmadu can afford to pay his children’s…
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What COVID-19 Teaches Us About Big Tech
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In April, I published the following blog post here on my personal blog New Intrigue and on the Oxford Political Review. A few months later, I was told to take down the post or get fired from my then job as a public servant in the Australian Federal Government. Although the post had no criticism of the government…
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On Cyberattacks and Electoral Intervention: How to Tame the Elephant in the Room?
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In a recent interview with Marc A. Thiessen, President Donald J. Trump acknowledged that the U.S. carried out a cyberattack on Russian agencies in 2018. According to the President, the cyberattack forms part of a broader policy of confronting Russia and was designed to frustrate Moscow’s attempts to interfere with the U.S. mid-term elections. It…
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Southeast Asia has a synthetic drug problem, China has key stake in fixing it.
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Barrels of precursor chemicals seized by Myanmar police and military in Shan State. Photograph: Myanmar Police/UNODC/via Reuters Beijing has gained momentum in its bid for regional dominance in Southeast Asia. Fuelled by notions of Chinese largesse, high-tech industrial and infrastructure development, and an ongoing surge of tactical investments pouring into the region in recent years,…
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Security and post-conflict reconstruction in Bangsamoro: Achieving Sustainable Change through Community-based Policing
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Michaela Espenschied is a Consultant currently working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and other international organizations. The opinion’s expressed are the author’s own and do not reflect the views of UNODC. Varied levels of civil unrest continue within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), with the current…