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Instead of pursuing a diplomatic solution to manage shared waters, India is following a dam-for-dam policy.
Beijing has proved unable to end or even shape the conflict especially in Pakistan.
Adi Imsirovic has 35 years of experience in global energy markets. He says the current disruption to the Strait of Hormuz represents the gravest energy shock of his career.
Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka spent years signing long-term Gulf LNG contracts to avoid the volatility of spot markets. The Iran war tore those plans to shreds.
The Supreme Courts intervention in the West Bengal SIR dispute must not be so deep as to adversely affect the electoral process.
The destruction of a rehabilitation hospital is difficult to reconcile with a strategy aimed at neutralizing militants.

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