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English to re-enter Indonesian classrooms
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Duncan Graham
The 2012 decision to scrap English as a compulsory subject in Indonesian elementary schools is to be reversed. Materials and advice are likely to be sourced from the Philippines. T...
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New Delhi's real worry: Trump's unpredictability on Iran
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Tridivesh Singh Maini
When Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr Javad Zarif extended an invitation to Pakistan to join the ambitious Chabahar port project (about 70 kilometers from China’s ambitious Gwadar port project) duri...
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Missile defense dilemma for Saudi Arabia
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
The Iranian nuclear deal and its missile development programme (despite sanctions), as well as the Yemen crisis where Houthi rebels used ballistic missiles against Saudi Arabia targets, have only heig...
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Beginning of a beautiful friendship?
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Tridivesh Singh Maini
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the need for greater cooperation between China and India, an...
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No skills, no surging economy
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Duncan Graham
There’s no need to spend hours flicking through data-dense surveys analyzing Indonesia’s education system to know it’s still fumbling for first gear. Just one fact says it all: the ...
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Yemen missile crisis
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
In November, the Yemen crisis further escalated when it fired a Burqan 2H long-range ballistic missile that probably targeted Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city. According to the Saudis, the mi...
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Prospects and challenges
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Debalina Ghoshal
Jordan’s nuclear cooperation with the United States is improving, with the November 2017 signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to study and assess US small modular reactors (SMR). This ...
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China reaches out to West Bengal and eastern India
DIGITAL ARTICLE | COMMENTARIES by: Tridivesh Singh Maini
In recent years, a number of Indian states, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, have been pro-actively reaching out to Chinese provinces with an...
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Too young - but old enough for marriage 
Healing Minds 
Teaching peaceful Islam