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on July 26, 2024
Dear Colleagues,
It’s weird what difference one week can make. Just as we were about to put on an ear bandage (borrowing a leaf from gullible Americans), in order to physically and mentally prepare for another term of ‘The One Saved by a Divine Intervention for Reasons Unknown to us’, with Kamala Harris now in the US presidential race it’s suddenly a different story. Being a catless dude, I’ll naturally refrain from making any predictions for November, but at the very least Democrats can now put up a real fight, with also obvious implications for Congress. And they’re getting better and better at razor-sharp memes on social media😊. And so, while unfortunately there are many setbacks and horrific events happening in too many countries around the world (including in Bangladesh lately), it could still be that this global election year ends on an overall positive note. As arguably, we didn’t see the worst case scenarios materializing in many polities (EU, India, … ), while in...