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    The US spent a whopping $44.2 billion on nuclear weapons. China was the only other country crossing the ten billion mark, spending 11.7 billion...
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    Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report

    Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...
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    G7’s ‘Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment’ is a Repackaged Form of ‘Build Back Better World’

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    A Look at Democracy in Pakistan –  Part II

    The earlier article, following a talk at Islamabad’s National Institute of Pakistan Studies, put an academic lens on understanding the nexus between Pakistan’s powerful...
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    A Closer Look at India’s Wheat Export Ban

    Since the Indian decision to ban wheat exports may lead to an upward spike in the global price level, several countries and leading global bodies like...
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    Climate Change: India Faces Credit Downgrades for Slow Global Warming Steps

    It is not just on the governments who will have to shell out more to borrow. The financial strain will also trickle down to...
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    A Major Retrogression: UN Rights Experts on US Supreme Court Striking Down Roe v. Wade

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