Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran along with many senior LTTE leaders was killed in the military confrontation with Sri Lanka’s armed forces in May 2009. With that military
The promise of a green transition has become a key narrative of our time. Despite persistent climate denialism, governments, corporations, and multilateral institutions present themselves as champions of sustainability, climate action, and
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The recent wave of disinformation targeting Pakistan’s security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) reflects a recurring pattern in the politics of terrorism and identity in South Asia. As someone who has studied
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By mid-2025, U.S. homicide rates were lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to the Council on Criminal Justice. It is a welcome sign, though the decline has been uneven across the country, and wider trends
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It is a moment of profound significance that Sri Lanka, by proceeding from signature to formal ratification, has now entered the ranks of those states embracing the collective responsibility for the high
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In her final public interview with Roger Errera in 1973, Hannah Arendt issued one of her most quoted warnings. “If everybody always lies to you,” she said, “the consequence is not that
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Chances are you’ve benefited from a nonprofit—whether by listening to public radio, adopting a pet from a shelter, attending a community arts event, or witnessing their support through local food pantries. Nonprofits
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On September 18, 2025, a 35-year-old female Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Buski Nuppo, with an INR 500,000 bounty on her head, was killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs)
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At a moment when political lines are crossed every week, every day, even every hour, this week still felt different. In the blink of an eye, the looming threat of living under
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At the grave of Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1971–2016) in La Esperanza, Honduras, where she was born and died, I watched a yellow butterfly flutter around a bougainvillea bush. It flew as
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On 28 November 1924, Sun Yat-sen delivered a speech in Kobe, Japan titled China and Japan: Natural Friends, Unnatural Enemies. Here, he outlined his progressive vision for Pan-Asianism – a world where the ‘rule of
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