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The Taliban’s madrasas: Institutionalising radicalisation in post-2021 Afghanistan

  • Dr Niamatullah Ibrahimi,

The Taliban in Afghanistan is establishing thousands of new religious schools, which will likely create a generation susceptible to violent extremism.

INTERVIEW: ‘People can life normal lives, they can have ambition’

  • Prof Miriam Coronel-Ferrer,

Senior Filipino peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer on the strengths and weaknesses of the Bangsamoro peace agreement.

Inclusive economic development in Myanmar cannot be achieved amid ongoing militarisation

  • Alec*,

Myanmar will not achieve sustainable development until it rebuilds democratic institutions.

Expanding armies, shrinking peace: Militarisation in Southeast Asia

  • Su Mon Thant,

Several large Southeast Asian nations are increasing their defence budgets and deepening military ties. What will this mean for conflict resolution?

The paradoxes and precarities of Philippine development

  • Syme de Leon,

What does ‘progress’ and ‘development’ mean in the Philippines, a nation very vulnerable to climate change-related disasters?