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US anti-Iran sanctions: Null effect in political-economic terms, but revealing hidden messages
The US
anti-Iran sanctions strike again. Not counting the renewed sanctions that came
back in force following the US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), US
officials...
What’s next to CPEC
It has been almost six years now, since
CPEC was first conceived and approximately four years since the mega project
became a ground reality. So far,...
Disaster risk resilience: Key to protecting vulnerable communities
The past five years have been the hottest on
record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heatwaves have swept across our
region, cascading into slow onset...
In the care economy, unpaid does not mean worthless
For me, August means juggling the demands of school holiday childcare
with those of my paid employment. Really, it’s like having two jobs; both
rewarding and...
Human and food security in South Asia
Authors: Areeja Syed and Fatima Ahmed
This world in which we are living is a
very insecure and prone place where problems like poverty, crisis, conflicts,...
Market capitalisation of Global Top 100 companies at record $21 trillion
The market capitalisation of the world’s 100 largest public companies
has increased by $1,040bn (5%) in 12 months, according to PwC’s Global Top
100 ranking, released...
Tourism Enjoys Continued Growth generating USD 5 billion per day
International
tourist arrivals grew 5% in 2018, to reach the 1.4 billion mark, two years
ahead of the World Tourism Organization’s long-term forecasts, according to the
UNWTO...
What Russia Can Offer Africa
Russia is back to Africa. This is a fait accompli, a
new and significant trend of Russia’s foreign policy over the past 20 years.
Russia has...
“Whisperings of the Irrational”: Core Origins of America’s Trump Decline
"There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason,
but for mystery – not for penetrating clear thought, but for the whisperings...
Russia Accelerates Construction of a New Black Sea Port
Economic and technological competition between China and the US has
become an obvious fact for world politicians as well as analysts. However, as everyone
pays attention...