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Persistent borderland insecurities and the transformation of violence in Waziristan

  • Syed Ali Akash,

Waziristan, located along the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands, has long been a major epicentre of insurgency and violence.

China’s mediation in Myanmar: With mind and muscle

  • Dr Xuwan Ouyang,

China’s mediation in Myanmar indicates a change to China’s foreign policy away from a stated policy of ‘non-interference’.

Afghanistan-Pakistan-India insecurity needs to be understood as an interconnected conflict system

  • M. Masoom Stanekzai & Sanullah Tasal,

Conflict involving Afghanistan, Pakistan and India is a complex interplay involving interstate rivalries, militant insurgencies, and global power competition.

Inclusive economic development in Myanmar cannot be achieved amid ongoing militarisation

  • Alec*,

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

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?