Trump and the Pandemic: WHO’s to Blame?
July 1, 2020 17 min. read

Are Travel Restrictions “Life-Saving Measures”? That’s Not How Any of This Works! Deflecting Blame, Undermining the U.S. and Health

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Don’t Put Pakistan in the Rearview Mirror
August 29, 2017 6 min. read

As President Trump eyes a hardening line towards Pakistan, its clear that somehow my country has ended up in the rearview mirror.

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In 2012 Budget, Canada Discontinues Trips for Foreign Ambassadors to the Arctic
June 17, 2012 3 min. read

On Thursday, the Canadian House of Commons held a 24-hour session to vote on the 2012 federal budget. After members listened to the over 800 proposed amendments, they finally voted in favor of passing the budget. It will now move on the the Senate, where it will almost inevitably pass. One of the notable cuts […]

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HIV & Hormonal Contraception, Obama’s 2013 Budget, and Polio in Pakistan
February 19, 2012 7 min. read

  This week, the WHO upheld its current guidelines in relation to use of hormonal contraception and women living with HIV.  President Obama released his administration’s budget request for 2013, with some surprising news for US global heath policy.  Finally, polio eradication efforts in Pakistan have been hamstrung by government health care and regulatory incompetency […]

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Pork Over Doing the Right Thing: The US Foreign Aid Budget
October 7, 2011 4 min. read

To absolutely no one’s surprise, the US Congress is still going after foreign aid in an attempt to seem tough on spending, as The New York Times reported this week.  Although there appear to be few developments since I wrote about this issue in July, the discussions and subsequent hand-wringing are back in the open.  […]

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Budget Blues
March 7, 2011 5 min. read

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s budget plan for the forthcoming fiscal year is more noteworthy for what it does not contain – realistic assumptions and a commitment to press ahead with critical items on the economic reform agenda.

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India Budget Reax: Mo Money…
July 8, 2009 4 min. read

Newly elected and unburdened by clamoring communists and coalition politics, the Congress government will make bold economic reforms. At least that’s what the markets and analysts figured. All last week, the markets in India climbed up the hill in anticipation. Then on Monday came the budget speech. And the markets came tumbling after.  The reactions […]

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