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As India gasps to breathe, the Modi government abdicates responsibility.
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PM Modi’s failure to take the pandemic seriously has resulted in what could be the world’s worst-yet COVID-19 catastrophe.
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For rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives.
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China-Iran deal is raising concerns from India to Israel to the U.S. as the details remain a tightly guarded secret.
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Geography and history cannot be ignored in inter-state relationships even in the direst of circumstances.
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The COVID-19 pandemic demands that all nations cooperate to vaccinate the entire global population—a goal that can’t be achieved using the usual rules of which countries win and which ones lose.
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Sri Lanka hands India major port development deal that will tie the two neighbors together for decades to come.
Continue readingBiden Continues the U.S. Conflict With China Through the Quad
While there was no direct mention of China in the Quad’s virtual meeting of leaders, Vijay Prashad shows how the U.S. is using the group to advance its agenda against China.
Continue readingCOVID-19 Laid Bare the Struggles and Exploitation That Domestic Workers Face
While domestic workers number in the tens of millions—constituting a major proportion of India’s workforce—their labor is not formally recognized, and they lack essential rights and guarantees.
Continue readingIndia’s Right-Wing Government Is So Hungry for Profit It Will Risk a Famine for the Country
Greed and ideology set the table for a catastrophe.
Continue readingIndia and Pakistan on the Road to Peace
The prospects are brighter than ever that an orderly Afghan transition in the coming weeks or months is entirely conceivable.
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