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Reality Check

For a while now, Bhutan has witnessed an unprecedented migration as thousands of mainly young Bhutanese have been leaving for the foreign shores of Australia, Canada and UK on student visas to be able to earn a degree and earn money.  The aim for many was to work for extended …

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From a security state to an economic one

If one looks at why Bhutan does not grow economically or the barriers to economic growth then it often has to do with the security obsessed mentality of Bhutan. As a small Himalayan country, Bhutan went through the traumatic situation of seeing its cultural and religious cousins being gobbled up …

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The Google Trial’s Dangerous Secrecy

WASHINGTON, DC – The largest antitrust trial of the modern internet era, which wrapped up last month, has pitted the world’s most popular search engine, Google, against the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The case hearkens back to the DOJ’s landmark lawsuit against Microsoft in the 1990s, but with a critical difference: most …

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What the voters want

The primary round results are in and the biggest message from the voters is that they want change as the two parties in the final round were not even in Parliament. It is clear that the voters were not happy with the performance of both the ruling DNT and opposition …

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Decision day

November 30 is only a few days away and the main question on many minds will be on which two parties will make it to the final round. The first thing that must be said is that this is the most competitive primary round till date with five strong parties …

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Biden and Xi Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit

NEW HAVEN – “A Better Biden-Xi Summit?” was the title of my commentary last month, and the emphasis was on the question mark. With good reason: Last year’s summit in Bali was a flop. Owing to poor preparation and an overemphasis on slogans (setting a “floor” for the troubled US-China relationship), any …

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