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M A HossainPakistan Observer |
There is a particular kind of danger that creeps into wars—not when the first missiles fly, but when the vocabulary begins to change. Words matter....
Democracies rarely collapse in spectacular fashion. They do not usually fall when laws are broken or when scandals erupt. Democracies unravel when...
There is something almost ritualistic about the moment when oil prices cross the psychologically powerful threshold of $100 per barrel. Markets...
In certain quarters of Washington, one imagines corks popping. The news flashes across screens: a coordinated American and Israeli strike has killed...
Politics in Bangladesh has rarely been a gentle craft. It has been a battlefield. Victory has meant annihilation. Defeat has meant persecution. For...
The streets of Havana, once alive with music and the hum of daily life, now tell a quieter story: long lines at petrol stations with nothing to...
POLITICS eventually meets reality. Campaign slogans fade; governing remains. An electoral mandate is not a trophy but a test. For the Bangladesh...