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Why Are China and Russia Not Rushing to Help Iran?
The regime in Tehran has been brought to the brink of collapse by just a few days of attacks by the United States and Israel. In…
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The Next Five Years Won’t Be Easy
Nepal has never quite done this before. A party barely three years old, born from the fury of a generation that flooded Kathmandu’s streets demanding accountability,…
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Digital Curtail: New Normal of Political Censorship
Political censorship is a constantly evolving structure of power. It is a systematic effort to suppress ideas that threaten the established social or political order. It…
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Is Cuba next for Trump?
There is a popular metaphor in Cuba, to describe its challenges in 2026: Cubans say that Cuba is a pregnant, barefoot woman whom her husband isolates.…
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Fate of 133 Ordinances: The 30-Day Test of The New Parliament
When the interim government assumed office following the upheaval of July-August 2024, it took on a nation still trembling from shock. Institutions were fragile, the bureaucracy…
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The New Frontier of the 2026 Ganges Treaty
Bangladesh is defined by its waters. The nation’s identity, economy, and culture are inextricably linked to the 407 rivers that vein its landscape. According to the…
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How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran
To think clearly about Middle East wars, you need to hold multiple thoughts in your head at the same time. It’s a complicated, kaleidoscopic region where…
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Hormuz Doesn’t Need to Close to Cripple Asia’s Economies
If the Strait of Hormuz remains threatened and constrained by the war on Iran, Asia will face its most serious test of energy security since the…
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When The Neighbor Becomes The First Target
War has broken out. But what reveals the true trajectory of this conflict is not the moment it began; it is where the first retaliatory blows…
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Learn from Afghanistan: The Cost of Looking Away from Women
Four years after the Taliban regained control in August 2021, the situation of women and children in Afghanistan has worsened into a system of systematic exclusion…
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The Institutional Stakes of Nepal’s Post-uprising Election
WITH LESS THAN a week to go before Nepal goes to the polls in an election triggered by last September’s Gen Z uprising, “change” is the…