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From August 2026 Edition
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India Kept the Indus Waters Treaty Alive — Until It Became an Unbearable Burden
By Kushvinder Vohra
Wed Jul 29 2026
For decades, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has been celebrated globally as one of the world’s most successful international water-sharing agreements. It survived wars, military stand-offs, and prolonged hostility between India and Pakistan. Yet one fundamental question has rarely been examined honestly: what actually kept the Treaty alive for over six decades?
From July 2026 Edition
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Kashmir and the New Asian Geopolitics How China’s Rise is Reshaping the Strategic Environment
By KC Desk
Sat Jul 04 2026
For much of the twentieth century, the Kashmir region was understood through a relatively stable analytical framework. It was a territorial and political conflict between India and Pakistan, shaped by Partition, sustained by competing claims of sovereignty, and periodically intensified by military confrontation.
From June 2026 Edition
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Managing Instability in the Modern Middle East
By Mohammad Zaid Malik
Sun Jun 07 2026
The contemporary Middle East is no longer merely a region experiencing recurring crises. It is increasingly becoming a geopolitical system in which instability itself has acquired structural permanence.
From March 2026 Edition
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NARCO-TERRORISM AS HYBRID WARFARE AND THE CENTRALITY OF J&K POLICE
By Mohammad Zaid Malik
Tue Mar 17 2026
Hybrid warfare does not announce itself with tanks or troop movements. It advances silently, exploiting social fractures, psychological vulnerabilities and illicit economies. In Kashmir, narcotics have become one of the most effective non-kinetic weapons deployed against internal stability. The response to this threat has not been led from distant command rooms or border posts but from within society itself.