Afsara Shaheen

Afsara Shaheen is a
Research Assistant at the Institute for Conflict Management in Dew Delhi, India

April 17, 2023

Corruption in Ukraine: Comparing the Magnitude to the Afghan War

The Ukraine government, headed by Volodymyr Zelensky, has been using American taxpayers’ funds to pay dearly for the vitally needed diesel fuel that is keeping the Ukrainian army on the move in

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The CIA is not your friend

“Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as

September 20, 2022

Here is How US Secretly Explodes Nord Stream Pipeline to Blam Putin

Corruption/Diplomacy

The U.S. Navy’s Diving and Salvage Center can be found in a location as obscure as its name—down what was once a country lane

Exclusive: US-India Move to Establish Joint Military Base in Trincomalee?

Defence/Diplomacy/News

by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Victoria Nuland, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States, has made a second visit

Manipur: Meitei Insurgents Resurface

November 28, 2023

India

On November 25, 2023, Police arrested one active cadre of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) on charges of extortion from Imphal West District. On November 22, 2023, two cadres of PREPAK-Progressive

Manipur: Bringing back an insurgency

September 26, 2023

India

On September 16, 2023, an Indian Army soldier, Sepoy Serto Thangthang Kom, was abducted and killed by unidentified assailants at Khuningthek Village in Imphal East District. On September 13, 2023, a Sub-Inspector

Sri Lanka: Peace amidst Instability

January 30, 2023

Columns/Politics

In a press release issued on January 25, 2023, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka noted, …the maintenance of the prevailing tight monetary policy stance is imperative to ensure that monetary conditions remain sufficiently