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03 Jan

International Relations, International Law, Modern Warfare, Narco-Terrorism

The Arrest of Nicolás Maduro as a Blueprint for Confronting Global Authoritarianism

January 3, 2026
By Kagusthan Ariaratnam
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The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro—whether through international legal mechanisms, coordinated sanctions, ...

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01 Jan

SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY

The Paper Trail of a Lie: How a “Wanted” Notice Hid a Spy in Plain Sight

January 3, 2026
By Kagusthan Ariaratnam

“The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are seeking immediate information regarding the whereabouts of the person pictured. He is considered dangerous and is wanted for fraud. We are urgently searching for this individual. Anyone with information is asked to contact the nearest police station or camp immediately.”

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23 Dec

International Relations

Politics before patients: why Covid-19 spiralled out of control in China

December 23, 2025
By Huma Siddiqui
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COVID-19 began as a public health emergency in central China. It became a global disaster because political imperatives shaped the resp...

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23 Dec

Causes of Civil War

Who Really Benefits from Bangladesh’s Assassinations?

December 23, 2025
By Huma Siddiqui
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The assassination of Bangladeshi student leader Sharif Osman Hadi in Dhaka, followed days later by the attempted killing of Motaleb Shi...

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20 Dec

Causes of Civil War

From Moral Authority to Legal Accountability: Why the Yunus Welfare Fund Case Matters Beyond the Courtroom

December 25, 2025
By Aritra Banerjee
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For decades, Muhammad Yunus has occupied a rare position in global public life — celebrated as a pioneer of microfinance and a moral vo...

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18 Dec

Causes of Civil War

Microcredit and Social Stress: How Debt Pressure Reshaped Rural Bangladesh

December 23, 2025
By Huma Siddiqui
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For decades, microcredit was promoted as a quiet revolution in poverty reduction. Small loans, delivered largely to rural women, were m...

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17 Dec

SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY

The Systemic Failure: What Wuhan Revealed About Global Health Governance

December 17, 2025
By Huma Siddiqui
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The Covid-19 pandemic is often remembered as a biological shock. In reality, it was a governance shock. The virus exposed not only vuln...

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17 Dec

SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY

When Warnings Became a Risk: Doctors, Censorship, and the Moral Hazard of Silence

December 17, 2025
By Huma Siddiqui
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In the early stages of a public-health emergency, uncertainty is inevitable. What matters is how institutions respond to it. In Wuhan, ...

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17 Dec

Modern Warfare, SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY

The First Signal: How a Local Health Notice Became a Global Turning Point

December 17, 2025
By Huma Siddiqui
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On 31 December 2019, a brief statement from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown caus...

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13 Dec

New Social Compact, International Law, International Relations

The Exploitation of Intelligence Expertise in Strategic Studies: A Critical Examination of the Colombage Thesis and the Case of Source “05”

December 13, 2025
By Kagusthan Ariaratnam
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This report provides a critical examination of Admiral JSK Colombage’s PhD thesis, Asymmetric warfare at Sea; The Case of Sri Lanka , a...

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