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Deoband Soft Power, Doval and Muslim Hegemony in South Asia

India has long drawn on the anti-Partition legacy of influential Deobandi scholars to challenge Pakistan's claim to speak for the region's Muslims. Ajit Doval's remarks about the Taliban reveal the strategic appeal of that religious authority, but the evidence points to selective influence rather than comprehensive control.

8/7/2026 · 11 min read

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Bangladesh Needs to Become Boring Before It Can Become a High-Tech Manufacturing Hub

For serious technology investors, the decisive advantage is not cheap labour or ambitious announcements. It is predictability: reliable power, customs, logistics, banking, technical skills, liveable cities and rules that survive political change.

9/19/2026 · 12 min read

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AI Will Become Ordinary. Then It Will Meet Its Limits.

Artificial intelligence is likely to become a general-purpose tool rather than a permanent technological frenzy. Its capabilities will keep improving, but electricity, water, grid capacity, regulation, trust and a renewed premium on human responsibility may eventually place limits on how indiscriminately it is used.

8/17/2026 · 15 min read

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The UAE’s Two-Front Gamble. Europe’s Muslim debate, the Saudi rivalry and the risk of strategic overreach.

Investigations have documented Emirati-funded influence operations that wrongly associated European Muslims, activists and institutions with the Muslim Brotherhood. At the same time, Abu Dhabi’s rivalry with Riyadh has spilled into Yemen...

8/17/2026 · 19 min read

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The High Street Cannot Be Revived by Designing Out Its Customers

Britain is again trying to rescue its high streets. Business-rate relief and stronger planning controls may help, but town-centre policy also needs to confront an awkward question: what happens when active-travel schemes make local shops less convenient for the people who still depend on cars?

8/10/2026 · 15 min read

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