Political systems New 16/09/2020 – by Praveen Jha Fighting poverty The comparison of India with China shows that formal democracy does not necessarily lead to more development-oriented governance Read
Asian giants New 15/09/2020 – by Praveen Jha China is ahead of India Statistics show that Communist China has been outperforming formally democratic India for decades Read
Civil wars New 09/09/2020 – by Dagmar Wolf Children in terrorist organisations Book analyses how terrorist organisations recruit children for their cause Read
Syria New 08/09/2020 – by Dagmar Wolf Difficult reconstruction Reconstruction in Syria - challenges and possible courses of action Read
Governance New 04/09/2020 – by Jeffrey Moyo Suppressing dissenters during lockdown Western embassies urge Zimbabwe’s government not to use Covid-19 as a cover for breaching human rights Read
Lebanon 26/08/2020 – by Mona Naggar Fundamental change is indispensable After failing disastrously, Lebanon’s political system needs fundamental change Read
Failed state 25/08/2020 – by Nawid Paigham A slide into war and chaos Afghanistan’s dire conditions of poverty, conflict and lawlessness trace their roots to the Soviet occupation that began 40 years ago Read
Useless suffering 23/08/2020 – by Arfa Khanum Sherwani Temples over hospitals It took India only 20 days to progress from 1 million to 2 million Covid-19 infections Read
Infrastructure projects 20/08/2020 – by Korinna Horta Paying the price for development When people are displaced to make room for large-scale development projects, the trauma and impoverishment are real and long-lasting Read
Gender 13/08/2020 – by Mahwish Gul Changing stereotypes In spite of various global assessments, many Pakistani women do not think anything is wrong with gender relations in their countries Read
Land ownership 05/08/2020 – by Henning Melber How the first redistribution attempt failed The policy proposed by Namibia’s first National Land Reform Conference in the early 1990s never took off Read
