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Freelance Journalist
Iran is leveraging its strategic location and "Look East" policy to deepen trade and transit ties with Central Asia, aiming to bypass Western sanctions and emerge as a vital regional connector.
India's decision to halt the International Water Treaty (IWT) following the Pahalgam attack is a risky action that significantly alters the climate security landscape in South Asia.
F. M. Shakil analyzes how US and Israeli military involvement, and China's support for Pakistan, shaped a dangerous nuclear standoff between India and Pakistan, exposing shifting regional power dynamics.
Afghanistan's substantial natural resource reserves, which hold significant potential, partly contribute to the US' renewed interest in the country.
President Trump's aggressive tariff and economic policies have triggered a sharp decline in the US dollar, boosted the Russian ruble, and accelerated global moves toward de-dollarization amid rising market instability.
Over 60 countries have either implemented or are in the process of implementing retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US, a decision that could have adversely affected cumulative US exports.
The Israeli army, in collaboration with US tech giants, is developing an innovative AI tool to analyze, translate, and summarize texts relating to the surveillance data of millions of Palestinian Arabic conversations.
Israeli occupation forces resumed large-scale attacks on Gaza on March 18, killing over 410 civilians in a single day, amid continued US support and global condemnation.
China is expanding its Belt and Road Initiative through Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, seeking mineral resources and regional influence, while straining Pakistan ties amid diverging Taliban policies.
It is yet to be seen how far the US and its Western allies go against Chinese innovation in the AI sector and how much damage the new Chinese technology could inflict on the US and European tech companies.