A Friend in Need?
The quiet but insistent demonstrations by Afghan refugee families in many streets of New Delhi have been going on as they focus on the...
Peacebuilding in Practice: Transforming Afghan Conflict through Ledarch’s lens
John Paul Lederach, pioneer of conflict transformation, introduced the concept in the 1990s. In his book Little Book of Conflict Transformation, he also presented...
A New Chapter in Diplomacy
The history between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been marked with suspicion, lack of equality, and missed potential, especially in recent history. It is in...
The Bismarckian Tactics of Urgency & Crisis Politics in the 21st Century
If the world is asked in a random exercise to name leaders who have weaponized nationalism, crises, and emotional triggers in world history, the...
Kurdish Disarmament Reshapes Dynamics in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran—but Uncertainty Remains
After more than forty years of armed struggle, a Kurdish-linked group, the PKK, in northern Iraq has begun disarming—a dramatic gesture that signals a...
The Moscow-Kabul Nexus: From Middle East to battle for Central Asia ‘s future
The year 2025 will be marked as the year of shifting shadows - uncertainty and reckless horizons. In a move on July 3, Russia...
Turkey Launches World’s First Legal Probe into Elon Musk’s Grok AI Chatbot
Turkey has become the first country to open a legal investigation into Grok, the new AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI. The probe...
Beyond SAARC: China’s Emerging Bloc and the New Geopolitics of South Asia
In the aftermath of the 2025 India-Pakistan standoff arguably the most dangerous escalation between nuclear-armed neighbors in decades the silence from the South Asian...
One Home-Grown AI Platform Is Protecting Indonesia—and Inspiring the Global South
The Spark
“Why keep buying the future when we can invent it ourselves?”
That question wouldn’t leave me alone.
Every day inside Security Operations Centers (SOCs) across...
How AI-Powered Disinformation Could Ignite a Nuclear Crisis in South Asia
In the hours after India struck Nur Khan Airbase in Pakistan on May 10, 2025, social media erupted with more than just images of...