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      "description": "A course research project examining the drivers of Bangladesh’s transition toward market-oriented policy and the role of party-state institutions.",
      "question": "What drove Bangladesh’s shift toward market-oriented policy in 1991?",
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      "question": "How can Chinese–Spanish trade in Manila be understood from non-Eurocentric perspectives?",
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      "instructor": "Devin Leigh",
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