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This month exposes fault lines — both literal and political. Geopolitics analyst Asanga Abeyagoonasekera explains how a deadly earthquake in Myanmar briefly unites regional rivals, even as deeper tensions resurface. In Syria and Iraq, analyst Fernando Carvajal and academic Shermeen Yousif warn that fragile states risk collapse under renewed jihadist violence and sectarian militarization. India’s former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal and retired RAW (India’s CIA) chief Vikram Sood caution that poor US diplomacy is damaging its strategic relationship with India. Author Vikram Malkani offers a sobering personal account of India’s Emergency 1970s, when civil liberties vanished under a brief spell of a draconian dictatorship.

We bring you other perspectives, too. Law firm partner Amit Singh chronicles the breakdown of justice in the UK, business leader Usama Malik exposes America’s deepening oligarchy and academic Christopher Wylde reflects on the legacy of the late Uruguayan President José Mujica — his principled and humble leadership starkly contrasted with today’s politics of power, for not just Latin America but the entire world. Both founder Atul Singh and economist Masaaki Yoshimori challenge prevailing dogmas in economics, while another economist, Jiahao Yuan, outlines how China is turning US President Donald Trump’s tariff war into strategic leverage.

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Content of Publication

China Turns Tariff War Into Strategic Opportunity Against United States – Jiahao Yuan

Making of a Dictator: What the PKK’s Surrender Means for Turkey – Tara Yarwais

Tremors of Change: Myanmar Quake Temporarily Unites Divided Nations – Asanga Abeyagoonasekera

From Paramilitary to Powerbroker: The High Cost of Legalizing the PMF in Iraq – Shermeen Yousif

America Misread China’s History and Helped Build Its Global Power – Alfredo Toro Hardy

“The Scars Are on My Body and Mind, Forever”: Survivors Onboard Ocean Viking Share Their Stories – Fellipe Lopes

Donald Trump Damages India–US Ties by Misjudging Pakistan’s Terror Strategy – Kanwal Sibal, Vikram Sood

The Last Hegelian? Former Uruguayan President José Mujica Passes Away – Christopher Wylde

Germans in Romania: A Story of Survival and Remigration – Andrea Geistanger

My Memories of the Emergency: The Darkest Period in Independent India’s History – Vikram K. Malkani

The Faces of American Oligarchy – Usama Malik

Bridging the Divide: Inflation Expectations, Consumer Sentiment and the Fed’s Challenge – Masaaki Yoshimori

Karol Nawrocki Becomes President in a Divided Poland – Mikołaj Tomasz Słowański

Tensions Break Out Across Syria As Promising Honeymoon Wanes – Fernando Carvajal

Law and Order Has Utterly Collapsed in the UK – Amit Singh

“Isms” Have Hijacked Economics. It Needs Fresh, Creative Thinking Now. – Atul Singh