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Opinion
Why Are Women Forbidden From Wearing Hijab In Uzbekistan’s Schools?
By Gulnoz Mamarasulova
As the next school year approaches, it seems some officials are trying to pressure teachers and students to uncover. It’s a violation of their rights.
The Quota Reform Protest In Bangladesh Is Much More Than It Seems
By Md Mizanur Rahman
Bangladesh’s leaders are right that the protest has morphed into a broader challenge. What they fail to see is that their own actions are responsible for that development.
It Is Time for the World to Listen and Act to Help Rohingya
By Lucky Karim
Rohingya are not asking for special treatment – they are asking for the most basic human rights that have been denied to them for far too long.
Taking Enhanced Russia-North Korea Ties in Stride
By Lyle Goldstein
In the end, enhanced Russia-North Korea ties should not come as a surprise.
An Expanding BRICS Seeks to Reform Not Replace the Global Order
By Muqtedar Khan and Lucas Lima
Member nations are unhappy with the systemic bias against the Global South and want to reform the current order such that mutually agreed upon norms are applied equally to all nations.
How Mongolia’s Foreign Policy Can Bolster Critical Mineral Supply Chains
By Bolor Lkhaajav and Enkhtur Lkhagvajav
Mongolia has a significant opportunity to contribute to the regional and global energy transition by supplying key commodities.
The Sea Isn’t the Only Thing Rising: Life, Death and Disease in the Pacific
By Ami Bera and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Cutting funding to multilateral efforts that confront climate change globally is shortsighted. When we help others, no matter how many miles away, we learn how to help ourselves.
Nippon Steel’s Acquisition of U.S. Steel Would Serve U.S. Interests
By Alex Little
The deal could revive the moribund American steel industry at a crucial juncture for both nations.
Dignifying the Taliban in Doha While Reports of Systemic Sexual Violence Emerge
By Lauryn Oates
There is overwhelming evidence that sexual assault perpetrated by Taliban officials is widespread and systemic, and that it occurs with total impunity.
Modi’s Visit Reaffirms the West’s Failure to Isolate Putin
By Mohamed Zeeshan
Wary of Western hegemony, Modi and Putin discussed multiple ways to bypass Western sanctions, including a bilateral payment system.
25 Years On, Falun Gong Still Firmly in Beijing’s Repressive Sights
By Levi Browde and Larry Liu
With its continued efforts to persecute the group, the CCP is implicitly admitting that its effort to wipe out Falun Gong has categorically failed.
What South Korea Can Accomplish at NATO To Help End the War in Ukraine
By Scott Snyder
Given the revitalized North Korea-Russia relationship, South Korea has an even more direct stake than before in the duration and outcome of the war in Ukraine.