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Geneva Raises the Alarm on Pakistan’s Transnational Repression

What is unfolding in Pakistan’s case is part of a wider global trend. The line between domestic and international repression

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From Pakistan to Iran’s IRGC: How the Asif Merchant Plot Targeted U.S. Leaders

The Merchant case therefore fits a recognizable pattern: recruitment outside Iran, deployment in third countries, and reliance on criminal intermediaries

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Arun Anand February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 1971 war crimes memory, Afghanistan Pakistan policy comparison, Bangladesh First policy, Bangladesh general election 2025, Bangladesh nationalism, Bengali linguistic nationalism, BNP landslide victory, clerical diplomacy Pakistan, Deobandi politics South Asia, Dhaka verdict, foreign influence in Bangladesh politics, ideological affinity vs national interest, India Pakistan Bangladesh triangle, Islamist electoral failure, Islamist politics in Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia legacy, Khatm-e-Nabuwat conferences, Maulana Fazlur Rehman Bangladesh visit, Muhammad Yunus interim government, Pakistan Bangladesh diplomacy, Pakistan Bangladesh relations, Pakistan foreign policy South Asia, Pakistan Islamist strategy, Pakistan military diplomacy, regional security South Asia, religious politics in South Asia, Sheikh Hasina removal, South Asia geopolitics, Tarique Rahman BNP

Dhaka’s Verdict: Why Pakistan’s Islamist Gamble Backfired

The Yunus-led interim government provided fertile ground for Pakistan to manoeuvre this policy. When Sheikh Hasina was removed from office

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Bhargav Prajapati February 10, 2026 AI driven demand minerals, artificial intelligence and rare earths, Bhargav Prajapati analysis, China rare earth dominance, clean energy supply chains, critical mineral free trade bloc, critical minerals strategy, deep sea mining India, defense technology minerals, emerging technologies and trade, global rare earth supply chain, global supply chain fragmentation, India rare earth reserves, India strategic autonomy, Indo US trade and technology, mineral security policy, rare earth elements, rare earth processing India, rare earth recycling technology, rare earths India, strategic minerals geopolitics, technological sovereignty India, US India critical minerals cooperation

OPINION: How Rare Earths Can Power India’s Strategic Autonomy

Collaborative research funding and institutional support would ensure that innovation translates into deployable solutions. Rare earths have quietly become one

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Omer Waziri February 5, 2026 Baloch activism, Baloch Liberation Army, Baloch nationalism, Baloch resistance, Baloch women movement, Balochistan conflict, Balochistan human rights crisis, enforced disappearances Pakistan, feminist movements Pakistan, gender and conflict South Asia, human rights in Balochistan, Indigenous political movements, Indigenous women leadership, Pakistani state violence, political repression Pakistan, South Asian geopolitics, women and nationalism, women in armed resistance, women in insurgency, women-led protests Balochistan

Indigenous Baloch Women and the New Face of Resistance

By organizing, leading, and, in some cases, fighting, Baloch women are challenging both state power and internal patriarchal constraints. An

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OPINION: Islam Didn’t Ban Women Leaders—Jamaat Islami Did

These examples suggest that women’s leadership was neither alien nor unacceptable in early Islamic practice. The discourse surrounding women’s leadership