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Nepal’s Loss and Damage Claim After the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli Disaster: A Timely Decision, Yet Structural Gaps Remain
On August 26, 2026, a massive rock-ice avalanche in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi border region, large enough to register a seismic signal equivalent to a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, triggered an extreme debris torrent that cascaded more than 150 kilometers down the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli…
Water as a Political Weapon: Populism and the Indus Waters Treaty
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in New Security Beat and has been republished with permission from the author and the editors. When Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir addressed the 276th Corps Commanders’ Conference at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on…
Rethinking India-Pakistan CBMs after the May 2025 Conflict: A Water Security Lens
The May 2025 ceasefire ended the most serious India-Pakistan military confrontation in decades, but did not reverse one of the most consequential developments of the crisis. On April 23, 2025, in the immediate aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, India unilaterally suspended…
परमाणु ऊर्जा क्षेत्र में भारत का निर्णायक मोड़: निजी भागीदारी हेतु क्यों नियामक पुनर्गठन की आवश्यकता
दशकों से, भारत में परमाणु ऊर्जा एक राज्य-नियंत्रित क्षेत्र रहा है, जिसका नियामक ढांचा राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा अनिवार्यताओं, सुरक्षा चिंताओं और देयता जोखिमों द्वारा उचित ठहराया गया है| आज, भारत द्वारा नागरिक परमाणु ऊर्जा में निजी क्षेत्र की भागीदारी की अनुमति…
India’s Nuclear Inflection Point: Why Private Participation Demands Regulatory Reinvention
For decades, nuclear energy in India functioned as a tightly state-controlled domain, with a regulatory regime justified by national security imperatives, safety concerns, and liability risks. Today, that model is being recalibrated with India’s decision to allow private sector participation…
Sri Lanka in 2025: Navigating Systemic Change, a Natural Disaster, and a Political Test for the NPP Government
The fallout from Cyclone Ditwah represents a major challenge for the NPP administration's governance reform agenda.