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Thursday, February 5, 2026

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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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Ashiqur Rahman February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 Aisha Khadijah Shifa bint Abdullah, Bangladesh Islamist politics, feminist readings of Quran, gender and Islam, Islamic governance, Islamic interpretation, Islamic jurisprudence gender, Islamic theology debate, Jamaat-e-Islami, political islam, Queen Bilqis Islam, Quran and women, religion and politics South Asia, Surah An-Nisa 4 34, women and power Islam, women in Islamic history, women leadership in Islam, women political leadership Islam, women representation Islam

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

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Dr. Sreoshi Sinha February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 Awami League election, Bangladesh chaos analysis, Bangladesh election aftermath, Bangladesh governance challenges, Bangladesh internal politics, Bangladesh opposition unrest, Bangladesh political instability, Bangladesh post election crisis, Bay of Bengal geopolitics, democratic backsliding Bangladesh, India Bangladesh relations, India foreign policy South Asia, India long term strategy, India neighbourhood first policy, India strategic interests Bangladesh, post election violence Bangladesh, regional security South Asia, South Asia geopolitics, South Asia political risk

OPINION: Why India Can’t Ignore Bangladesh’s Post-Election Volatility

Co-Author: Abu Obaidha Arin (He is a student from Bangladesh studying at Delhi University. He is a Bangladesh observer) Sustained

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Arun Anand February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 air power escalation, air superiority dynamics, ceasefire May 10 2025, coercive air power, conventional deterrence, counterterrorism strikes, escalation ladder theory, fog of war analysis, India Pakistan conflict May 2025, India Pakistan crisis management, India Pakistan escalation, Indian Air Force operations, information warfare South Asia, Jaish e Mohammad Bahawalpur, Lashkar e Taiba infrastructure, limited war doctrine, military strategy analysis, modern warfare narratives, nuclear deterrence South Asia, Nur Khan Air Base strike, Operation Sindoor, Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan Air Force, post conflict analysis, post strike assessment, precision air strikes, South Asia security, Swiss air power think tank report

OPINION: Revisiting Operation Sindoor Post Fog of War

India did not try to completely control the airspace, and it did not keep up the pressure forever. The crisis

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Aminul Hoque Polash January 31, 2026January 31, 2026 Al Jazeera Bangladesh, Aminul Hoque Polash, Asia-Pacific geopolitics, Awami League exclusion, Bangladesh deep state, Bangladesh democracy crisis, Bangladesh election 12 February, Bangladesh interim administration, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh sovereignty, BNP political strategy, campus politics Bangladesh, China India Bangladesh strategy, February election Bangladesh, foreign interference Bangladesh, geopolitics South Asia, human rights Bangladesh, intelligence analysis South Asia, Islami Chhatra Shibir, Islamisation of military Bangladesh, Jamaat rise to power, Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamaatisation, judiciary politicisation Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, liberation war legacy, media influence Bangladesh, minority rights Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus interim government, political engineering Bangladesh, political Islam Bangladesh, Reuters Bangladesh, secularism in Bangladesh, security analysis Bangladesh, staged election Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman, US Bangladesh relations, US embassy Bangladesh, US foreign policy Bangladesh, war crimes Jamaat, Washington Post Bangladesh report, women’s rights Bangladesh

The February Trap: Yunus, Jamaat, and a Staged Mandate

So why would sections of the Western world want Jamaat? What does the Yunus-led interim administration gain from this? What

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Michael Arizanti January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 blasphemy gangs social media, blasphemy laws Pakistan, Christian persecution Pakistan, civil liberties Pakistan, COIED criticism, comma-separated tags for your article: Pakistan human rights 2026, enforced disappearances Balochistan, extrajudicial killings Pakistan, forced conversions Pakistan, Here are the SEO-friendly, Hindu minority rights Sindh, HRCP report 2025, Jaranwala violence justice, Mahrang Baloch, Pakistan shadow state, religious repression Pakistan, sectarian violence Kurram, Shagufta Kiran case, Shia killings Parachinar 2024, South Asian geopolitics, weaponization of faith

From Missing Bodies to Stolen Faith: The Three Pillars of Pakistan’s Civil Decay

A state that relies on disappearing its citizens, disenfranchising its minorities, and outsourcing its justice to religious mobs is a

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Paushali Lass January 29, 2026January 29, 2026 counterterrorism strategy, democratic alliances, Erdogan foreign policy, geopolitical analysis, global terrorism threat, India Israel relations, intelligence sharing, international security policy, ISIS digital recruitment, ISIS resurgence, Islamist extremism, Israel India UAE alliance, Kurdish autonomy, Kurdish crisis, Middle East Asia corridor, Middle East security, minority protection, moral responsibility in geopolitics, Northern Syria conflict, Pakistan jihadist networks, Paushali Lass, pluralism in the Middle East, radicalization online, regional stability, Rojava, Saudi Arabia regional politics, SMDA alliance, Syrian civil war, trilateral cooperation, Turkey Kurdish conflict, Turkish-backed militias, UAE strategic partnerships, women’s rights in Kurdistan

The Kurdish Frontline: A Moral and Strategic Call for Trilateral Action

The Kurdish struggle matters because it is on the front line against the same extremist ideologies that threaten these countries.

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Omer Waziri January 28, 2026 Balochistan Unrest, Belt and Road Initiative, China-Afghanistan Cooperation, China-Pakistan Relations, Chinese Engineers Killed Pakistan, Chinese Investments Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, CPEC Security Risks, Geopolitics of South Asia, ISIS-K Attacks, ISKP Resurgence, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Terrorism, New Great Game, Pakistan ISI Double Game, Pakistani Intelligence Agency, Proxy War Afghanistan, Regional Security Complex, Strategic Betrayal, Taliban vs ISKP, Tirah Valley Incident

Pakistan’s ISI-Gambit: Using ISKP to Checkmate Taliban, Bleed China

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is leveraging ISKP as a strategic asset to subdue the Afghan Taliban. In the desolate, mineral-rich

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Jaafar Siddiqi January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 India Arab cultural ties, India Arab diplomacy, India Arab economic cooperation, India Arab foreign policy, India Arab geopolitics, India Arab history, India Arab investment, India Arab trade, India Arab trade routes, India GCC relations, India Gulf ties, India Middle East relations, India Saudi Arabia relations, India Saudi bilateral trade, India Saudi energy ties, India Saudi strategic partnership, India Saudi Vision 2030, India West Asia relations, India–Arab relations, Indo Arab relations

OPINION: Reimagining India–Arab Relations—Beyond Oil and Diplomacy

For partners across the Arab world, engagement with India is driven less by political noise and more by tangible outcomes

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Arun Anand January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 Awami League ban, Bangladesh interim government, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh revolution narrative, communal violence July 2024, constitutional crisis Bangladesh, election security Bangladesh 2026, historical revisionism Bangladesh, human rights accountability Bangladesh, indemnity ordinance Bangladesh, July Mass Uprising Ordinance, July Uprising 2024, July warriors Bangladesh, National Citizen’s Party NCP, political immunity law, political violence bangladesh, rule of law Bangladesh, Second Republic Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina exit, Student Against Discrimination

How Bangladesh’s July Ordinance Rewrites Law, History, and Accountability

Bangladesh’s interim government recently gave its final approval to the draft of ‘July Mass Uprising Protection and Liability Determination Ordinance’ that grants indemnity

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