Conflict

China remains a dominant force in civil war-torn Myanmar

The US will find it geopolitically challenging to engage with China-backed ethnic armed outfits operating in Myanmar

Why killing Hezbollah’s leaders may backfire on Israel

By eliminating Hezbollah’s leadership it knew so well, Israel has potentially created a new problem for itself.

Western reporting of Israel reflects a deep-rooted bias

The Western media’s decades-long bias in covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resurfaces, limiting the scope of narratives from Gaza.

Gaza war deaths: the story behind the numbers

Identifying every person killed in the conflict is an extremely difficult process – and vital for understanding what has happened.

Why Netanyahu chooses war over peace

As protests grow, Benjamin Netanyahu clings to power in what appears to be a gambit to shape his own political and legal future, regardless of the cost.

How Israel is destroying its own reputation

Israeli claims of being threatened on all sides fail to acknowledge that co-existence, recognition of rights and dignity must run both ways.

Is the Jammu and Kashmir election a quest for political agency?

The Pakistani standoff aside, the Indian government must go beyond ensuring only procedural democracy in the Kashmir Valley.

History’s key role in students’ deadly protests

In their struggles against authoritarian rule, Bangladesh’s students have always relied on their history’s many artefacts.

As India enters a period when a great economic expansion […]