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Opinion: Aura Of US Treasury Bonds Is Slipping Away
The erosion of trust in US treasury bonds could have seismic consequences.
- Monday April 14, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Why Germany May Be The Next Big Thing For Young Indians
Germany is facing acute talent shortages, which have been exacerbated by the fact that its population is ageing. It needs young people who can transform its ageing economy.
- Tuesday April 8, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | $1.7 Trillion: Why Investors Are Betting Big On US Despite Recession Fears
Trump's pugilist-like tariff jabs may be earning him more adversaries than he bargained for, but he has demonstrated his knack for convincing countries and corporations to invest big in the US.
- Tuesday April 1, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Can The Real BRICS+ Please Stand Up?
By 2050, BRICS+ economies are projected to control 50% of global wealth production. Yet, when the time comes to make bold moves, the grouping has been known to dither.
- Thursday March 27, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Thanks To Trump, Researchers May Soon Start Ditching US For China
The Trump administration, in its all-out assault on universities, has already slashed federal grants worth $800 million and $400 million for Johns Hopkins and Columbia, respectively. But this is just the beginning.
- Friday March 21, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Universities Are Feeling The Pinch As Indian Students Ditch The 'Big Four'
Indian students are increasingly looking beyond the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. But why?
- Tuesday March 18, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Church Of England Refuses To Learn From Its Abuse Scandals
In November, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (the Church's senior most figure), stepped down amid a damning report that found that he failed to act on allegations of child sexual abuse within the Church of England.
- Tuesday February 25, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is This The Birth Of A 'Post-Aid' World?
It seems like the era of generous, unquestioned aid flows from the West may well be coming to an end. What replaces it remains uncertain, but for those who rely on it, the stakes could not be higher.
- Friday February 14, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | How China Is Rushing To Fill The Gaps Trump Is Creating
With each withdrawalfrom WHO to climate agreements and beyondTrumps America retreats from leadership, leaving a power vacuum that Beijing is eager to exploit. Are we heading towards "America First" or "America Alone"?
- Thursday February 13, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | The Death Of The 'Liberal Elite' Should Shock No One
After decades of steering the post-War system, liberals appear to have lost both their edge and the moral high ground.
- Wednesday February 5, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | The One Where Europe Gets Bullied
Europe faces a moment of reckoning. Should it play second fiddle to an increasingly assertive US under Trump?
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | How India Can Deal With Trump And His Tariffs 'Creatively'
If Trump has made "America First" his battle cry, India has long sworn by its own foreign policy doctrine: strategic autonomy.
- Wednesday January 29, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is Trump Serious About Annexing Canada? Or Is He Just Being Trump?
Canadas Constitution is as silent as a winter morning on how a provinceor the entire nation, for that mattercould secede and join another country.
- Monday January 27, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | How China Quietly Made New Friends To Prepare For Trump 2.0
Trump's stance on China is no longer a one-dimensional tale of bluster and bravado. His outreach to Xi - whether strategic, self-serving, or both - suggests he's playing a more complex game.
- Wednesday January 22, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | US Ban On TikTok Could Be Devastating
For the first time in American tech history, the US has passed a law targeting a major Chinese tech giant. If the ban kicks in on Sunday, what lies ahead for the app and its millions of users?
- Thursday January 16, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed