The Crowded Table: Why Four Mediators Have Failed to Fix the Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire
The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan resembles a ghost. It exists on paper but peace remains missing on the ground. Along the Durand Line,...
Is Afghanistan a Preview of Where Global Press Freedom Is Heading?
What Five Years of Directives Add Up To
On August 10, 2026, Reporters Without Borders marked five years of Taliban rule with an assessment that...
Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
Can a Treaty Survive Once One Side Decides Trust Is Gone
On May 15, 2026, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that a dam...
Why India’s Youth Are Turning Against Narendra Modi?
For more than a decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi built his political appeal around economic development, welfare expansion, and the promise of opportunity....
What Do India’s Student Protests Mean for Its Democracy?
The widespread student protests that erupted across India in July 2026 over the alleged NEET UG examination paper leak and concerns surrounding the CBSE...
India’s Cockroach Movement: The New Politics of Generational Rage
In May 2026, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stood before a courtroom and described unemployed youth activists as cockroaches and parasites. He almost...
Did Amnesty International Just Indict Pakistan Over Kabul?
The Question Islamabad Has Not Answered
On the night of 16 March 2026, Pakistani warplanes struck a walled compound in Kabul's ninth police district. Afghan...
What Is Behind India’s Cockroach Protests?
Thousands of young protesters have occupied central New Delhi in one of the largest demonstrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term, demanding the...
Can Pakistan and China Outpace Climate Disaster Along CPEC?
The Karakoram Highway is already being rerouted around a dam it was never built to accommodate. Glacial lakes above it are forming faster than...
Could the Indus Waters Treaty Freeze Trigger South Asia’s Next Water War?
As Himalayan glaciers retreat and monsoon patterns collapse into unpredictability, the suspension of the world's most durable water treaty is no longer a bilateral...