Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
The Indus Waters Treaty did not create peace — it merely postponed confrontation. In his latest work, Trial by Water: Indus Basin and India-Pakistan Relations, Uttam Kumar Sinha argues that the celebrated
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by Eric “This is a violation of the given word and an act against the rights of man and international morality.”“No ruler, no matter how exalted, stood above the will of the
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The year 2025 ended marked by bloody conflicts between countries and groups, with the United Nations Organisation appearing to be an ineffective body and an inconsequential debate forum, and with little significant
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Editor’s Note: The following column is based on the author’s detailed analysis originally published in CIC Sentinel, a monthly publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. It has been adapted
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The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)’s belated official recognition by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Veterans Day, January 14, is welcome. He scored a political point without naming the Congress government which
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A day after the UN freshly repeated the allegation this week that sexual violence had been “part of a deliberate, widespread, and systemic pattern of violations” by the Sri Lankan military and
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A rice tycoon has become a clout chaser, posting ostentatiously on social media about his extravagance ad nauseam. He has been TikToking his newly acquired Rolls-Royce to boost his ego and online visibility.
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US President Donald Trump has reportedly delivered an ultimatum to a group of European countries: accept the sale of Greenland to the United States, or face additional trade tariffs. This is not
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As Bangladesh approaches the scheduled national election of 12 February 2026—if it is indeed held—an old and painful anxiety once again grips the national conscience. Elections, which ought to be the grandest
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2025 recorded an unprecedented purge of China’s top military and political leadership, that continued up to the penultimate day of the year, December 30, taking the tally up to “65 tigers” –
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Prospects of US military action against Iran have drawn widespread international attention. At present, the US is weighing the costs and benefits of using force against Iran. While its position appears increasingly
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Near the village of Novobakhmetevo, almost 60 km (37 miles) from the front line in Ukraine, a Russian Geran 2, specially modified drone, destroyed a mobile, HIMARS launcher. Modern drone warfare is
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President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand his proposed “Board of Peace” into a global conflict-resolution body that would rival the United Nations, charging countries up to $1 billion
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday delivered a forceful rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring that Europe would not give in to intimidation or “the law of the strongest” amid escalating
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Summary: Martina Moneke examines Donald Trump as America’s auditor, a figure whose presidency functions less as conventional leadership and more as an erratic and often chaotic diagnostic probe into the nation’s democratic structures.
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