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Iran’s Succession Crisis Is a Legitimacy Crisis

Abbas Milani STANFORD – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, was an insubstantial man in an insignificant job. Absolute power in Iran rests not with the president but with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the pretorian force that

Nurture republican values to meet people’s aspiration

The republic is an epoch-making regime change in Nepal. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly on May 28, 2008

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The Global Implications of Georgia’s Political Crisis

The trajectory of the deep-sea port project in the Georgian town of Anaklia is illustrative. A joint venture between Georgia’s

Press for the planet: Time to reinforce environmental journalism

In the first week of May, the world celebrated a significant day- Press Freedom Day (May 3). Nepal also joined

Fertilizers Will Not Fix Africa’s Food Crisis

But the problem is most acute in Africa, where 61% of the population faced moderate or severe food insecurity in

Investment Summit charting a path towards sustainable economic growth: Finance…

The government is committed to collaborating with the private sector through private direct investment and various other models of public-private

Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

Moreover, we have the ambitious goal of immunizing 86 million girls against HPV in Gavi-supported countries by the end of

The Middle East Needs a Ceasefire Now

To be sure, rebuilding Gaza will take years and require a significant international effort. But achieving an effective, enforceable regional

Overcoming the Development-Project Implementation Gap

UNOPS runs operations in over 80 countries on behalf of the UN system and global partners, such as the World

AI still behind human on complex tasks like competition-level mathematics

In the wake of trepidation, optimism and bewilderment lumped together with spurt and influence of artificial intelligence (AI), research and