1. Manic “Change Round” In Sigmund Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia,” the melancholic is in want of an object, never knowing exactly what they may have lost. Melancholy transforms the object-loss of mourning into
The Bay of Bengal is no longer merely a sweep of blue water connecting Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. It is becoming one of Asia’s most consequential strategic theatres—a maritime chessboard where ports,
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The crisis in Tirah Valley, Khyber District, is ultimately a test of whether security can be transformed into sustainable civilian peace. For years, militancy, difficult terrain, and the region’s proximity to the
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Tripura’s latest road and rail blockade by surrendered insurgent groups highlights persistent gaps in the implementation of the September 4, 2024, tripartite peace accord and raises questions over the sustainability of the
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The People’s Palace Scene: The End of an Experiment and the Beginning of a Question On 25 August 2026, Mazloum Abdi announced from the People’s Palace in Damascus the end of the mission of
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After International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol labeled the ongoing global energy turmoil the “biggest energy security threat in history” in April, events over the summer vindicated his warning. The United States authorized the
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For decades, the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) has appeared to defy the logic of conventional public finance. Its revenues remain far below its expenditure, while Beijing continues to channel enormous sums into
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Small Wars Journal and is republished here with the permission of the authors. The struggle against terrorism has never been merely a contest of
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For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty survived what diplomacy between India and Pakistan often could not: wars, military crises, diplomatic breakdowns and prolonged hostility. On August 31, that resilience
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September 1 marks the anniversary of the death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani (1929–2021), a prominent figure in the Kashmiri movement advocating for legitimate self-determination. Geelani began his political journey with Jamaat-e-Islami
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As reported on September 2, 2026, the Afghanistan United Front (AUF) killed a Taliban official, Qari Aghagol, from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, in the 18th
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