Author: Admin
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October 2020
Overview. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the UN General Assembly regards C19 vaccine distribution concerns. The Asian Development Bank has projected a GDP growth of 6.8% for Bangladesh in the 2020-21 fiscal year. Banks have so far disbursed around only half of the C19 stimulus package money. Prime Minister Comments at the UNGA.…… Read the…
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October 2020
Overview. Again, predictably, the Trump Administration failed to garner any credible support at the Security Council to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran (‘snapback’). Despite unilaterally insisting that member states are now obliged to enforce them, few will, representing a major diplomatic failure. While maximum pressure is not a diplomatic success, it continues to contribute (along…
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September 2020
Overview. Internationally, President’s Sisi position is that of a ruler of the region and a far-sighted visionary who aims to develop his nation and drag it into the 21st century. At home his people are apathetic to him at best and outspokenly opposed to him at worst. Egypt will continue to dominate world headlines as…
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September 2020
Overview. After an apparent decrease in C19 cases lockdown has been lifted nationwide, and a new micro-lockdown strategy will be applied as outbreaks manifest. In comparison to last month the security situation was much calmer, and the security forces conducted number of successful intelligence-based raids. Public & Government Response to C19.…… Read the rest
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September 2020
Overview. There are potential signs that the government is suppressing the opposition. On the economic front, Bangladesh’s GDP growth in the past fiscal year has been 5.24%, according to provisional estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and export earnings have rebounded slightly after falling consecutively for six months. Alleged Suppression of Opposition.…… Read the…
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September 2020
Overview. Not unsurprisingly, the US failed to win significant support for maintaining the UN conventional arms embargo against Iran (ending the embargo is envisaged in the 2015 JCPOA). Trump will now pursue sanctions snapback, which will further pit US allies against it and see Iran try to occupy the moral & diplomatic high ground.…… Read…