Mizoram: Reinforcing Peace The developments of April 2026 mark a decisive turning point in Mizoram’s internal security landscape, with the surrender of 43 cadres of the Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) on April 30, 2026, and the signing of the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) on April 14, 2026, representing the formal conclusion of the last active insurgent movement in the State. […]

Tokyo would have to surmount a lot of obstacles—not least Western sanctions—if it wanted to return Russian oil imports to even modest pre-2022 volumes. About once a year, Japan’s foreign policy establishment discusses an apparently imminent turnaround in relations with Moscow. The triggers vary: a vague statement by the prime minister, or an interview given by a second-tier politician. Most […]

On April 22, 2026, the Afghan media outlet Hasht-e-Subh published a Dari-language article, examining the current situation in the Middle East and arguing that the region is moving away from the post-Cold War order led by the U.S. toward a more unstable and multipolar system shaped by tensions involving the United States, Iran, Israel, and the Arab states, alongside the […]

There is a certain kind of “moderate” Muslim scholar whom empire adores: calm in tone, allergic to resistance, fluent in scripture, and permanently available to explain to the oppressed why their rebellion is impractical, premature, emotional, immoral, or insufficiently spreadsheeted. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi has spent the post-9/11 era perfecting this role. He is not merely a theologian of moderation. He […]

Reports emerging from Afghanistan suggest growing concerns over the militarization of civilian spaces in Kabul, with allegations that weapons, ammunition, and possibly armed operatives have been positioned inside densely populated neighborhoods. According to claims circulated by Afghanistan Green Trend and attributed to former officials, including Amrullah Saleh, certain urban districts have been repurposed in ways that blur the distinction between […]

Taliban leader in a decree dismissed Hamdullah Nomani as minister of communications and replaced him with Abdul Ahad Fazli, the Taliban governor of Faryab province. The decree by Hibatullah Akhundzada also includes the appointment of a deputy minister, four provincial governors, eight deputy governors, five police chiefs and a senior official in the Taliban prison administration. Nomani had been appointed […]

On April 22, India celebrated the anniversary of the terrorist act, one of the bloodiest in the last few years. Its immediate consequence was another Indo-Pakistani armed conflict. About the terrorist attack in Pahalgam The immediate result of the terrorist attack that occurred a year ago near the town of Pahalgam in the Indian part of the former princely state […]

En seulement deux mois, Ormuz s’est transformé en un laboratoire expérimental de dédollarisation et de multipolarisation économique, où la projection de puissance de Washington est sérieusement remise en question, comme jamais auparavant. Dans un paradoxe géopolitique clairement inquiétant, la guerre éclair que les États-Unis ont lancée contre l’Iran dans le but de projeter leur puissance en Asie occidentale et d’éliminer […]

Toplines The PLA Navy (PLAN) conducted two major deployments in the South China Sea and the West Pacific, respectively, likely in response to the ongoing Balikatan 2026 exercises in the Philippines which include US and Japanese forces. The PRC likely aims to demonstrate that Indo-Pacific regional military cooperation invites increased PLA military activity. The PLA’s Southern Theater Command (STC) announced […]

Informal talks between figures from Afghanistan and Pakistan aimed at easing Taliban-Pakistan tensions were held in Istanbul this week, with Qatar and Turkey facilitating the discussions, according to the Turkish aid organization, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation. The talks, titled “Afghanistan and Pakistan: A dialogue in the spirit of Ta’aruf – 1”, were conducted under a “Track 1.5” format, bringing together […]