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
I just woke up in Islamabad in the middle of the night, around 2 AM, and could not go back to sleep. I picked up my phone, started scrolling through the news,
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In today’s strategic landscape, influence isn’t shaped only by military strength or economic weight. Increasingly, it is built through narratives-formed, circulated, and contested across digital spaces that don’t recognize borders. In that
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With the United States and Iran escalating confrontations along the Strait of Hormuz—including seizure of ships—the waterway has become “pivotal to negotiations” between the two countries. Washington escalated to direct interdiction of Iranian-linked shipping
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On April 22, 2026, Nepal’s Home Minister Sudhan Gurung resigned amid mounting criticism over alleged financial links and share transactions with controversial intermediaries. At the centre of the controversy is Dipak Bhatta,
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Over the past two decades, Afghanistan has cycled through war, foreign intervention, and fragile attempts at political transition. The Taliban’s return in August 2021—twenty years after their removal by U.S.-led forces—marked a
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Strategic alliances are meant to increase options for a country. What then ensues when a strategic alliance slowly becomes a redefining factor in the process? The emerging alliance between India and Israel
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On April 11, 2026, a 25-year-old Christian woman of Shahkot in Nankana Sahib District of Punjab Province was allegedly raped by a local contractor, Faizan Mehboob Rehmani and his accomplice, in her
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Ukraine has concluded 10-year defence export agreements with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the development during an interview with Ukraine’s national telethon United News on April
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Now that Donald Trump is visibly weakening, it’s important to start thinking seriously about what comes after him. It’s no secret that I’ve been a big fan of the Abundance movement, which
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Four years after seizing control in 2021, the Taliban regime is not consolidating control, it is unraveling from within. Far from the “peace and stability” they promised, Afghanistan today is a pressure
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