Category: Understanding

Understanding comes through communication, and through experience, we progress. To understand and to be understood makes our happiness on earth.

Ahsan Ali17/12/2025

Afghanistan, Venezuela, and the geopolitics of forward basing

The unexpected reconfiguration of Afghanistan’s political and strategic future marked 2021. In July 2021, US […]
Dina-Perla Portnaar14/12/2025

Empathy is often framed as an endless resource we must pour into others

The saying goes: the moment you stop trying to please everyone is the moment your […]
Emile Fakhoury13/12/2025

Starting a new page in your career

There comes a point in every professional journey when the familiar begins to feel limiting […]
Vasif Huseynov11/12/2025

Azerbaijan charted the post-conflict era in 2025

Azerbaijan underscored its active role in navigating the shifting geopolitical landscape of Eurasia in 2025. […]
The Liberum10/12/2025

The self-cancellation of modernity

Something I tried to grasp in my book Be Abyssal is the acceleration that modernity […]
Nikola Mikovic09/12/2025

Kyrgyzstan: Democracy for the people, not for the privileged elite

Kyrgyzstan is a young, modern state – open, dynamic, and filled with optimism. For decades, […]
Murielle Hebbo07/12/2025

The woman I became while waiting

There are moments in life that arrive without any warning, moments that don’t look dramatic […]
Nadia Ahmad03/12/2025

Yogis, Sages, and Shamans: The soft power of India

Over the last few decades, Indian shamans and gurus have exported Hindu and Buddhist ideas […]
Ahsan Ali27/11/2025

The persistent Islamic Extremism of Tajikistan

Every state is vulnerable to Islamist extremism, but some states are more prone to this […]
Roula Kmeid22/11/2025

The Growth Mindset: Why challenging your comfort zone is key to wellbeing

We all have that favourite spot. Maybe the coffee shop we visit every morning, or […]
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