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Much ado about nothing:The strange case of the UN...
The silence of good men like the UN Secretary-General encourages…
June 27, 2021
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What happens when the world doesn’t move freely?
When the world is not able to travel, distances of…
June 9, 2021
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Genocide! Save Me?
Is genocide unfolding in Tigray? Against the Rohingya? Against Uyghurs?…
May 27, 2021
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Will Bill and Melinda Gates divorce be good for...
11 May 2021 Mukesh Kapila Growing up in the…
May 16, 2021
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What is the point of speaking up?
When confronted by egregious human rights abuses, or war crimes…
April 28, 2021
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The merits of observing – one day at a...
With a multitude of Observance Days, Weeks, and Months, the…
April 22, 2021
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Looking for the humanitarian backbone at the top of...
Humanitarian business is booming worldwide as disasters, conflicts, and crises…
April 10, 2021
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Vaccinating towards a (better) post Covid-19 world
Universal coverage with COVID-19 vaccination is essential to control the…
April 3, 2021
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You are on mute: suppressing and manipulating the digital...
Internet shutdowns and censorship diminish scope for meaningful conversations. A…
March 27, 2021
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Where is China’s Belt and Road taking the world?
The old Silk Roads went everywhere but today's version -…
February 23, 2021
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How to live better in the half-empty and half-full...
Are you an optimist or pessimist? Who copes better during…
February 4, 2021
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Hindsight 2020 as Foresight 2021: The world in the...
Hindsight 2020 and Foresight 2021 are much the same. This…
December 31, 2020
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The art and science of giving thanks (and pardoning...
How to give thanks for all that we have the…
November 22, 2020
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Looking below and beyond the mushroom cloud
Three cheers for the new Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty. Because…
November 5, 2020
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Peace continues to elude the Nobel Prize
18 October 2020 – Mukesh Kapila The recent award of…
October 18, 2020
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Known only to God and statisticians
Reflections on the millionth death from #COVID-19.
October 5, 2020
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Trading-off human rights with public health in the name...
25 September 2020 Mukesh Kapila Today, during the General…
September 25, 2020
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Will the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response...
17 September 2020 Mukesh Kapila Some ten months after…
September 17, 2020