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From Hawala to Digital Wallets: Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Tech-Savvy Terror
Terrorism Nov 12, 2025

From Hawala to Digital Wallets: Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Tech-Savvy Terror

JeM’s women-centric online jihad course reveals how Pakistan’s digital and ideological ecosystems continue to enable extremism under the cloak of religious education. ...

From Gaza to Afghanistan: Is it All Down to the ‘Moderates’?
International Affairs Nov 12, 2025

From Gaza to Afghanistan: Is it All Down to the ‘Moderates’?

Experiences from Afghanistan to Gaza show that expecting ‘moderates’ to anchor post-conflict politics overlooks the deeper power struggles and ideological rifts that shape these theatres ...

Rare Diseases: Justice Delayed, Treatment Denied
Healthcare Nov 12, 2025

Rare Diseases: Justice Delayed, Treatment Denied

As appeals progress slowly, rare-disease patients face therapy breaks and irreversible harm, showing how legal timelines can fail clinical needs. ...

From Paris to Belém: Building a Climate-Resilient Food Future
Healthcare | Climate Change | Agriculture Nov 11, 2025

From Paris to Belém: Building a Climate-Resilient Food Future

Food systems have moved from the sidelines to the centre of climate action, as COP30 aims to embed agriculture within the Paris framework for resilience and mitigation. ...

Changing Mindsets, Bringing Change on Transparency
Sustainable Development | Climate Change Nov 11, 2025

Changing Mindsets, Bringing Change on Transparency

COP30 must strengthen transparency and cooperation to help the Global South build capacity and turn climate ambition into action ...

Melting Glaciers, Moving People: Nepal’s Climate-induced Migration
Neighbourhood | Climate Change Nov 11, 2025

Melting Glaciers, Moving People: Nepal’s Climate-induced Migration

As melting glaciers and erratic weather displace vulnerable Himalayan communities, Nepal’s climate crisis is fast becoming South Asia’s next major migration challenge, demanding urgent regional cooperation and policy action ...

Embedding Water Resilience in Global Adaptation Goals – Expectations from COP30
Water | Climate Change Nov 10, 2025

Embedding Water Resilience in Global Adaptation Goals – Expectations from COP30

Water is the linchpin of climate action at COP30; embedding water resilience into global adaptation goals is essential for equity, security, and sustainability ...

The Paris Agreement at Ten: Aligning Climate Ambition, Equity, and Implementation
Sustainable Development | Climate Change Nov 10, 2025

The Paris Agreement at Ten: Aligning Climate Ambition, Equity, and Implementation

A decade since the Paris Agreement reshaped global climate governance, COP30 in Belém must confront the widening gap between ambition and action—realigning finance, technology, and adaptation to deliver a just and effective climate transition ...

France’s Nuclear Deterrent and Europe’s Shifting Security Future
International Affairs | Nuclear Security Nov 10, 2025

France’s Nuclear Deterrent and Europe’s Shifting Security Future

Trump’s return has deepened European doubts about US security guarantees, prompting fresh interest in France’s nuclear deterrent ...

America Resumes Nuclear Testing: Implications for India
International Affairs | Nuclear Security Nov 10, 2025

America Resumes Nuclear Testing: Implications for India

The US plan to restart nuclear testing signals a shift in strategic posture with potential ripple effects for India’s deterrent choices. ...

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Sobir Kurbanov

Sobir Kurbanov

Sobir Kurbanov is an international development expert and fellow at Nightingale Int. with over 20 years of experience in partnership-building, complex market reforms, program management, and teaching policy reform, public sector economics, and industrial policy across Eurasia. His expertise spans ...

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Vlad Paddack

Vlad Paddack is a Senior Analyst at AKE International and a Fellow at Nightingale Int., specialising in Eurasian security and political affairs, with a particular focus on Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. His work examines the ...

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