The Rights We Thought We Won
Afghanistan shows how quickly women’s rights can vanish when power shifts, and why progress is never permanent without institutions strong enough to protect it consistently.
South Asia
At least 50 dead in aerial strike in Myanmar
Yesterday, the Burmese military junta killed at least 50 and injured about as many people after dropping two bombs on a busy civilian market in Kyauktaw…
China’s Economic Divergence: From Property Slump to Export Strength
China’s domestic slowdown is sending economic pressure abroad, exposing the global consequences of an economy built on property, exports, postponed reform, and uncertain rebalancing.
Military mobility: Europe’s Babel problem
The author, a European Parliament trainee, examines how Europe’s military mobility plans move forces across borders but may falter when convoys must be received.
Places We Love to Death
From the Himalayas to Antarctica, the world’s most extraordinary places face the same dilemma: how can we experience them without destroying what makes them extraordinary?
How Does Regional Instability Complicate Saudi Arabia’s Economic Diversification Ambitions?
Saudi Arabia’s oil wealth offers resilience amid regional conflict, but lasting success depends on whether Vision 2030 can build an economy capable of thriving beyond oil.
Not Everyone Who Learns AI Will Be Saved
Learn AI or run from it? As workers search for ways to future-proof their careers, neither strategy offers the security it promises.
Why Tim Marshall’s “Prisoners of Geography” Holds Up the Digital Age ??
Nearly a decade after Prisoners of Geography, this review assesses whether technological change has weakened geography's influence — or simply reshaped how states compete for power…
Indus Impasse: The Crisis of the Indus Waters Treaty as a Global Precedent
Following India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, a decades-old framework for cooperation faces collapse amid terrorism, climate pressures, and escalating regional rivalries.
The German Question Returns to Europe’s Defence Debate
As NATO, Washington, Paris, and Berlin race to rearm, Europe’s security dilemma deepens, exposing the limits of national defense and strategic integration in crisis today.