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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Mustafa Kamal Rusho</title>
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<title>The Strategic Risks of the Iran Conflict</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in decades, the United States risks strategic isolation within its own alliance network. If the United States is perceived as an unreliable negotiating partner, future mediation efforts -- both in the Middle East and beyond -- may suffer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:32:39 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, Tehran, United States, Israel, Hormuz</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump’s Second&#45;Term Foreign Policy and the Remaking of Global Order</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The question now is not only how America will wield its power, but how the rest of the world will respond to a superpower increasingly guided by transactional interests rather than shared norms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:15:26 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>United States, Trump, Middle East, Venezuela, China</media:keywords>
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<title>Behind the Russia–Ukraine War and the Illusion of a Fragile Truce</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Ukraine, time is measured in survival. In Moscow, it is measured in leverage. In the West, it is increasingly measured in patience. And therein lies the most dangerous imbalance of all. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:58:37 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ukraine, Russia, EU</media:keywords>
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<title>Peace Is Still an Illusion For Palestine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Without accountability, restraint, and a genuine recommitment to Palestinian sovereignty, the truce will remain a mirage -- and peace a far cry ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:01:44 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
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<title>Generation Unbound: Message From Kathmandu</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and far beyond, the message is clear: no one is above accountability. Corruption carries a heavy cost. Leaders who imagine a country belongs to a privileged circle will find themselves confronted by a generation unwilling to be silenced. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:38:10 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nepal. July Uprising</media:keywords>
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