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Law as Gender Apartheid: How the Taliban’s New Penal Code Is Engineering the Erasure of Afghan Women

Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where girls over the age of 12 are systematically prohibited from secondary and tertiary education...

Digital Currency Wars: The Battle Reshaping Global Finance

The expansion of CBDC initiatives suggests that the future monetary system will likely be multipolar rather than dominated by a single currency regime...

The Himalayan Tightrope: Countering Third-Party Influence through Integrated Development and Connectivity

Landlocked states of Nepal and Bhutan are compelled to balance the competing interests of major powers, most notably China and, increasingly, Western actors expanding their presence through...

Chagos, Seychelles, and Malaysia: India’s Maritime Strategy in a Contested Indo-Pacific

The India–Seychelles relationship is strategically important because Seychelles, located in the southwestern Indian Ocean near the African continent, provides significant geopolitical visibility and...

Another President impeached: Peru’s Leadership Crisis Continues

The immediate trigger for Jerí’s downfall was a scandal dubbed “Chifagate,” centred on secret, off-the-record meetings with Chinese businessmen...

Argentina Grinds to a Halt as Labour Reform Sparks Nationwide protest

Argentina has been thrust into political and economic turbulence as a sweeping labour reform introduced by President Javier Milei collided with powerful unions...

IMF Warns of Severe Fragility in Venezuela’s Economy, Calls for Close Monitoring

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) described Venezuela’s economic and humanitarian situation as ‘quite fragile’, citing an estimated inflation rate in the triple digits and a rapid depreciation of...

India–France Special Global Strategic Partnership: Recasting Bilateral Ties for a Multipolar World

The transition to a Special Global Strategic Partnership is an indicator that both nations are interested in making bilateral cooperation institutionalised in the long term based on mutual trust...

AI as India’s Next Force Multiplier: Defence Leaders Outline the Road Ahead at #AIImpactSummit

At the important India AI Impact Summit 2026 held in New Delhi, a session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry titled “Leveraging AI for Defence: Driving Innovation and Efficiency”...