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Celebrating the Environment While the Planet Burns and Floods
June is the month when the world proudly marks World Environment Day, a moment meant to celebrate nature, sustainability, and collective action. Yet, ironically, June 2025…
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Myanmar’s Sham Election Plan is A Dangerous Ruse
The recent announcement by Myanmar’s junta that it will hold national elections in December 2025 or January 2026 is not the sign of democratic progress it…
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India’s BJP Government has Weaponised Reservations to Disempower Kashmiris
A revised reservation policy brought in by India’s BJP-led central government attempts to shift Jammu and Kashmir’s politics to the ruling party’s benefit, and has left…
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Rhetoric and Reality of Summits to Showcase of Intentions, Failure in Action: Prospects of the 2025 G7 and NATO Summits
The G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, from June 15 to 17, and the NATO Summit in The Hague, from June 24 to 25, were two of…
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Donald Trump’s Craven War on Myanmar
Trump has slashed US funding to Myanmar civil society, media and activists in a shortsighted blow to nation’s democratic hope and resistance American President Donald Trump…
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The Twilight of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s once internationally celebrated democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 years old on June 19, entering her fifth year of imprisonment following the country’s…
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Overshadowed by Border Dispute, India-Pakistan Water Security Risks Grow
A disputed India-Pakistan border in Kashmir isn’t the only threat to stability on the subcontinent. One that’s often overlooked is water security. India and Pakistan should…
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Will Myanmar’s Military Replace Its Embattled Leader?
To pro-democracy forces he is a brutal dictator who imprisons people who oppose his February 2021 coup, a power-hungry maniac who has not hesitated to send…
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Israel’s Attacks on Iran Hint at A Bigger Goal: Regime Change
Israel's surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran's nuclear program and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic…
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A Nation Moves Forward after Political Stagnation in Seoul
After months of paralysis in Seoul’s political life, the people of South Korea finally went to the polls in June 2025 to elect their new president.…
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Harvard Fights to Keep Enrolling International Students – 4 Essential Reads About Their Broader Impact
A federal judge in Boston on May 23, 2025, temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have revoked Harvard University’s authorization to enroll international students.…
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Mass Exodus
PAKISTAN’S brain drain issue is developing into a crisis. The number of educated, skilled and unskilled Pakistanis leaving this country for better opportunities abroad has exponentially…