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Brinkmanship in Vermilion: Modi’s Escalation of the India-Pakistan Conflict

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Brinkmanship in Vermilion: Modi’s Escalation of the India-Pakistan Conflict Latest Developments Night of Strikes and Sirens In the dead of night, the conflict that had been brewing for weeks erupted into bright plumes of fire on the horizon. Air-raid sirens…

Authoritarian Populism: The Modi Variable in the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis

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Authoritarian Populism: The Modi Variable in the May 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis 1. Executive Summary The May 7, 2025 Indian strike on Pakistan, named Operation Sindoor, launched under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, marked a dramatic escalation in South Asia’s most…

Operation Sindoor: India’s First Missile War? A Strategic Autopsy of the Pahalgam Retaliation

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Operation Sindoor: India’s First Missile War? A Strategic Autopsy of the Pahalgam Retaliation Introduction: A Missile Shatters the Silence at Midnight In the early hours of May 7, 2025, thunderous explosions shattered the Himalayan silence around Muzaffarabad. Minutes later, a…

USAID’s Top 10 Failures – No. 10: The Gomal Zam Dam Failure

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USAID’s Top 10 Failures – No. 10: The Gomal Zam Dam Failure Introduction: A $114 Million Money Pit That’s Already Falling Apart The Gomal Zam Dam was supposed to be a modern engineering marvel, bringing hydropower and irrigation to a…