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Will Japan’s close ties with US survive the caprice and quirks of Donald Trump?

Japan’s complex defence alliances built up over years as protection against China could be put at risk in a Trump-launched trade warArguably, no country in Asia has better reason to be in a state of anxiety over the return of Donald Trump to the White …

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Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west | Ahilan Kadirgamar

Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants a better deal from the IMF to reduce suffering during the country’s punishing debt crisisSri Lanka is at a historic juncture. Faced with its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and having defaulted on its ext…

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As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?

Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinentThis year, more than 80 countries and half the world’s population face elections. While many islands in the Caribbean go to the po…

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