Aiza Tanveer Iqbal

Aiza Tanveer Iqbal is an Institutional Support Associate with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan and an independent academic researcher. Her work focuses on development governance, post-conflict recovery, and climate policy.

September 15, 2026

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

Who Gets to Define Genocide?

The debate over genocide in Sri Lanka has become increasingly entangled with politics, selective outrage and competing historical narratives. From British atrocities in Uva-Wellassa and LTTE massacres and expulsions to the unresolved

Politics/Sri Lanka

Dissanayake’s Second-Term Game Has Already Begun: Here Is How He Is Going to Win

by Luxman Aravind Last weekend’s separate political rallies exposed something far more significant than the spectacle of an opposition attempting to rediscover its political voice. The so-called collective opposition organised its own mobilisation, while the JVP separately organised its own

September 15, 2026

US and China Turn AI Into a New Cold War

China/Geopolitics/United States/World

For an entire generation of Americans, the sight of the Soviet Sputnik satellite passing overhead became a symbol of technological vulnerability. The first artificial

‘Widow’s Bay’ Shocks the Emmys

Arts/Editor's Choice

For an awards ceremony defined by competition, surprise and nostalgia, the decisive story was nevertheless Widow’s Bay: a newcomer that transformed an evening of

Carbon Colonialism

January 20, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

The reinforcement of global climate commitments and the expansion of carbon markets, an emerging pattern is traced, embedded in the mechanisms designed for the equitable distribution of climate finance; are replicating and

The Rise of Algorithmic Insurgency

January 16, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

The contemporary dynamics of digital architecture have altered the prospects of insurgency, which is no longer recognised solely by guns and territory. Digital architecture, defined by algorithms and grievance narratives, provides a