Link: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-must-uphold-water-sharing-treaty-with-pakistan-arbitration-court-says-2026-08-31/ The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague rules Monday that India must uphold the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, which India suspended in April last year due to tensions. The suspension came after India blamed Pakistan for an attack that killed 26 people at a Kashmir tourist destination. Islamabad later denied involvement in this event. The court… Read more »
Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-blogs/power-policy/from-galwan-to-guardrails-modixi-and-indiachinas-cautious-rapprochement/articleshow/133794689.cms India-China relations are cautiously recovering after the June 2020 Galwan clash, where a hand-to-hand military confrontation was disputed along the Himalayan border. It’s stated that the two nations are moving towards “competitive coexistence” rather than an alliance. A brief Modi-Xi interaction at the SCO summit in Bishkek signaled a thaw, ahead of Xi’s first India visit since 2019… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260808-from-tehran-s-walls-to-the-world-iran-s-visual-propaganda-as-an-art-of-war-2-2 As its war with the United States rages on, Iran instated what almost every wartime power in history has done in some form or another: implemented state-sponsored, nationalistic propaganda. The Iranian government wanted to put a program in place that would not only inspire and empower their citizens, but also get the rest of the world… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.dw.com/en/us-sanctions-halt-toefl-and-gre-tests-in-iran-disrupting-study-plans/a-78764639 War is not the only thing threatening the people of Iran right now. The United States’ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) suspended one of their sanction exemptions against Iran, called General License G, making it so Iranian citizens can no longer take the TOEFL or GRE tests, two English fluency exams needed to study internationally…. Read more »
Link to Article: https://iwpr.net/global-voices/inside-deadly-collapse-maternity-care-afghanistan As the Middle East continues to crumble due to many noteworthy external conflicts, Afghanistan faces a different sort of internal threat. The country is being crippled by an understocked healthcare system: limited hospitals, staffing shortages, and medicine scarcities. In December 2022, the Taliban banned women from attending universities. This has caused massive staffing deficits in hospitals… Read more »
Link to article https://eurasianet.org/turkmenistan-agrees-to-send-gas-to-afghanistan-endorses-trans-afghan-power-line-concept Turkmenistan and Afghanistan are attempting to strengthen their economic relationship through energy and infrastructure projects that could connect Central Asia with South Asia. The main project is the TAPI pipeline, which is designed to transport natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India. The project has ben planned for decades but has made limited… Read more »
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-sign-defense-pact-ba80d84d Summary: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan signed a mutual defense agreement in an attempt to build a sense of collective deterrence. They did this because of the heightened conflict—especially between the US and Iran—and because of the uncertainties as to whether or not the US would stick around to protect everyone. The pact isn’t targeted, and it builds upon… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-must-uphold-water-sharing-treaty-with-pakistan-arbitration-court-says-2026-08-31 Summary: In April 2025, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty because of suspicions that Pakistan helped kill 26 civilians. Through this, India is withholding water that supplies 80% of Pakistani farms. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruled the treaty to be intact as India had no justification for suspension. India then said that the court had “no jurisdiction,”… Read more »
https://www.firstpost.com/world/taliban-offers-us-access-to-1-trillion-afghan-mineral-wealth-in-exchange-for-sanctions-relief-report-14042158.html Summary: The Afghan government offered American investors access to minerals in exchange for lifting the sanctions and unfreezing their assets. Foreign Minister Amir Muttaqi said that the Afghan-US relationship should be viewed through a lens of “co-operation” (as a means of persuasion). Countries remain skeptical because of Afghanistan’s poverty and gender-based inequalities. To downplay those negative feats, the Taliban… Read more »
