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01 May

Not Without Cause: Iran’s Mistrust of Pakistan Is Rooted in Experience

May 1, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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Pakistan's mediation between the United States and Iran continues. Delegations arrive and depart from Islamabad. Communiqués describe p...

01 May

International Relations

Nepal’s Foreign Policy at Stake: When Strategic Cooperation Becomes Strategic Dependency

May 1, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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There is a threshold in bilateral relationships between unequal states at which cooperation becomes structural dependency. The threshol...

01 May

SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY

Ink and Iron: The Poets and Young People Jailed for Simple Tributes

May 1, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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Wang Juntao was a seventeen-year-old high school student when he wrote the poem that got him arrested. It was April 1...

24 Apr

International Relations

Beijing’s Courtship, New Delhi’s Concern: The Quiet Battle for Nepal’s Strategic Alignment

April 25, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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India and Nepal share an open border, a cultural affinity that predates both countries' current forms, and a bilateral relationship wit...

24 Apr

International Relations

From Iqbal to Maududi: How Intellectual Orthodoxy Shaped Pakistan’s Anti-Ahmadi Legal Order

April 25, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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Pakistan's anti-Ahmadi policies cannot be understood without grasping their intellectual roots in 20th-century Muslim thought in South ...

22 Apr

International Relations

Digital Tax Heist: U.S. Tech Giants Rob Bangladesh Blind

April 23, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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The February 2026 United States–Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade is being marketed as a pragmatic bargain: tariff relief in exc...

22 Apr

counterterrorism

Gwadar’s Uncertain Future: Between Regional Rivalries and Insurgent Reach

April 23, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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Gwadar Port stands at a critical crossroads. The port was built on the premise that geography could be made productive if the politics ...

16 Apr

Podcast

Child Soldier to Double Agent: The Untold Story of Kagusthan Ariaratnam Spy Tiger: The 05 File

April 16, 2026
By Kagusthan Ariaratnam
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In this powerful interview, former child soldier Kagusthan Ariaratnam shares his extraordinary journey from being forcibly recruited in...

15 Apr

International Relations

Military Shopping Spree: Uncle Sam Dictates Bangladesh’s Arsenal

April 16, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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Bangladesh is not being offered a trade agreement in the ordinary sense. It is being handed a strategic compliance package dressed up a...

01 Apr

International Relations, Military

SAGAR to MAHASAGAR: Navy Leads India’s Wider Maritime Push

April 2, 2026
By Ashu Maan
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A year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the MAHASAGAR vision during his visit to Mauritius, India's maritime strategy is ent...

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