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Dignifying the Taliban in Doha While Reports of Systemic Sexual Violence Emerge

Dignifying the Taliban in Doha While Reports of Systemic Sexual Violence Emerge

By Lauryn Oates
There is overwhelming evidence that sexual assault perpetrated by Taliban officials is widespread and systemic, and that it occurs with total impunity. 
Exam Debate Betrays India’s Next Generation of Leaders

Exam Debate Betrays India’s Next Generation of Leaders

By Deepanshu Mohan
Exam paper leaks cause immense damage to the psychological state of India’s younger generation in pursuit of a better, more progressive future.

Will India-UK Relations Remain Warm Under Labor Rule?

Will India-UK Relations Remain Warm Under Labor Rule?

By Elizabeth Roche
Traditionally, Labor governments have tended to lean toward Pakistan on India-Pakistan issues like Kashmir. Will Prime Minister Starmer follow that trend?

Putin Hosts India’s Modi to Deepen Ties, but Ukraine Looms Over Their Relationship

Putin Hosts India’s Modi to Deepen Ties, but Ukraine Looms Over Their Relationship

By Emma Burrows and Krutika Pathi
India has avoided condemning Russia while emphasizing the need for a peaceful settlement to the conflict. 

Ensuring Security for Progress: Pakistan’s Commitment to Chinese Safety

Ensuring Security for Progress: Pakistan’s Commitment to Chinese Safety

By Ayesha Sikandar
In the face of continued attacks, Pakistan is making efforts to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals as well as foreign investments.
Sri Lanka’s Debt Restructuring Deal: Economic Relief or Creditor Windfall?

Sri Lanka’s Debt Restructuring Deal: Economic Relief or Creditor Windfall?

By Rathindra Kuruwita
The agreement further entangles Sri Lanka in an exploitative global debt system that prioritizes creditor profits over the country's development and people's welfare.

Pakistan Looks to Leverage SCO for Regional Support on Counterterrorism

Pakistan Looks to Leverage SCO for Regional Support on Counterterrorism

By Umair Jamal
The SCO summit provided Pakistan with an opportunity to bring its concerns to a forum that includes its neighbors, key allies, and adversaries, such as China, Russia, and India.
What Draws People to India’s Fake ‘Godmen’?

What Draws People to India’s Fake ‘Godmen’?

By Kavita Chowdhury
‘Godman’ ‘Bhole Baba’ draws Dalits, the poor and illiterate in droves. At his recent congregation in Uttar Pradesh, 121 followers died in a stampede.

Why the Himalayan Region Is Integral to a Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific

Why the Himalayan Region Is Integral to a Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific

By Jagannath Panda, Ryohei Kasai, and Eerishika Pankaj
Chinese militarization and expansionism in the Himalayas remains a perennial concern not just for India, but for the United States – and its Indo-Pacific allies and partners.

Foes CPN-UML and the Nepali Congress Turn Friends to Form New Nepali Government

Foes CPN-UML and the Nepali Congress Turn Friends to Form New Nepali Government

By Sudha Ramachandran
The political promiscuity of its parties, not the electoral system, is responsible for the country’s prolonged instability.

A Grand Bargain with the Taliban in Doha

A Grand Bargain with the Taliban in Doha

By Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
The Taliban certainly need to be engaged. But it can’t be at the cost of the rights of women and girls.
The UN’s Capitulation to the Taliban

The UN’s Capitulation to the Taliban

By Davood Moradian
For decades, the United Nations has failed Afghanistan.

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