Geopolitics
An Own Goal in Kashmir
A cost-of-living protest was met with rifles and a blackout, and at the moment Pakistan finally looked like the stable one, it handed Delhi the only picture Delhi could not take for itself.
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Geopolitics
The Untouchable: The Twelve-Year Myth That Broke in a Fortnight
For twelve years his power rested on a single claim: that he stood above criticism. Last week a generation of teenagers shouted his name in the street and the claim did not survive it.
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The Spouse, the Soldier, and the Sixty-Day Clock
A warm remark in a Swiss resort, an indispensable mediator, and the sixty days that will test whether personal bonds outlast institutional ones.
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36 Hours Above Lake Lucerne
Iran's delegation signalled the pause was managed, not panicked. What happened in the 36 hours between the Versailles signing and the talks resuming at Bürgenstock.
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The Spoiler: Why the Islamabad MOU Is Not Yet Safe
The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has five vulnerabilities — and Benjamin Netanyahu knows where each of them is. A strategic assessment of what could still unravel the deal.
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The Cost of Watching Everyone
The argument in one line: the only thing that ever really limited tyranny was the cost of watching everyone, and artificial intelligence has just removed…
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