The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
Editor’s Note: The following column is based on excerpts from a speech delivered by Semih Lütfü Turgut, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Sri Lanka, on the occasion of the National
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India says Indus water will be held back, stored, redirected, weaponized. They says “blood and water cannot flow together” a slogan first sharpened in 2016 and repeated again in 2025 by Prime
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Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Istanbul (October 25-28), mediated by Qatar and Turkey, collapsed amidst strident rhetoric. Pakistan issued a 72-hour ultimatum “for Taliban to summon TTP Shura or we act unilaterally.” Taliban
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Pakistan’s decision to grant Bangladesh access to the Karachi Port marks a significant recalibration in South Asia’s geopolitical and economic landscape. Finalized on October 27, 2025, during the ninth session of the
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For the past two decades, APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, has been reshaping the Asia-Pacific’s approach to growth. Since the 2011 Honolulu Leaders’ Declaration, APEC has placed “green growth” at the
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There was some unrest regarding certain container transshipments prior to the removal of Bimal Ratnayake from the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation. These container transshipments belonged to a Chinese company. The
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On October 27, 2025, hackers stole INR 490 million from the Moneyview app within three hours, breaching its Application Programming Interface (API) – the digital link that connects apps with banks and
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Unfortunately, the Budapest summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was cancelled. The reason for this is that Moscow insisted on several demands that cannot be fulfilled in
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On 26 October, Caroline Willemen of Médecins Sans Frontières stated that Israel continues to use the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza as “means of pressure”. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza has not improved significantly”,
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On October 24, the Federal Interior Ministry notified the ban on the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), declaring that the Federal Government had “reasonable grounds” to believe the religio-political party was connected to terrorism.
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“The transnationalization of crime can itself be the product of state foreign and migration policies.” ~ Michael Ahn Paarlberg (2022) The recent targeted killing in Fresno, California, United States (US), linked to
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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would only meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin once the terms of a potential deal were clear. Moscow agrees that such a meeting
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I recently returned from speaking at major events in Tbilisi, Georgia, and Istanbul, Turkey, and Nashville, Tennessee. Georgia and Turkey are two nations with long histories of authoritarian rule. Georgia, once part of the
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Massive “No Kings” protests across the USA a few days back, opposing Trump’s policies and style of functioning, have not come as a surprise to discerning observers around the world. The scale
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On October 27, 1947, Kashmiris worldwide observe Black Day as the beginning of India’s unlawful occupation of the region. The occupation, which included human rights violations, was imposed under oppressive laws. On
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