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  • Mahmood Hasan

    Mahmood Hasan

    Former Ambassador and Secretary

  • Will the Rohingyas ever return to Myanmar?

    Since the massive exodus of Rohingyas from Rakhine to Bangladesh in 2017, a lot has been written and said about the plight of these unfortunate people. After nearly two years, it appears that the outraged world community has forgotten about this persecuted ethnic minority.

  • Dawn of the second phase of Arab Spring

    The second phase of Arab Spring has dawned on the Arab world. It is not a surprise that people in Algeria and Sudan have risen to demand changes in the leadership in their countries, while Libya is also locked in serious conflict over who should rule the country.

  • Will Joko Widodo win a second term?

    Southeast Asian economic giant Indonesia will be holding its fourth presidential election today. Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, is the third biggest democratic country after India and the United States.
  • Algeria

    Algeria's late Arab Spring

    Algeria's veteran President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on April 2, 2019 after 20 years in power.

  • Venezuela's Dutch disease syndrome

    The political and economic situation of Venezuela has been dominating world media for quite some time now. What happened to this petro-state with the largest oil reserve in the world?
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