Zakir Kibria

The Rise of Mediation Diplomacy – How Hong Kong’s IOMed Charts a New Path for a Multipolar World

The IOMed, headquartered in the refurbished Wan Chai Police Station (a fitting metaphor: turning a colonial-era symbol of authority into a temple of compromise), represents China’s answer to a world fatigued by Western-dominated legal institutions.

By Zakir Kibria May 28, 2025

Rivers as Narratives of Peace in South Asia

By Zakir Kibria May 18, 2025

The Snow Leopard’s Shadow: Peter Matthiessen’s Himalayan Odyssey Between Grief and Espionage

How a Zen Quest in Nepal’s Peaks Unraveled a Cold War Paradox

By Zakir Kibria May 12, 2025

The Kashmir Attack And The Invisible Hand Of Imperial Strategy

Byline: Why America’s Geopolitical Playbook Thrives on South Asia’s Division—and How the Region Can Fight Back

By Zakir Kibria May 07, 2025

South Asia’s Dysfunction Derby: A Love Letter (and Roast) from Dhaka to Kathmandu

By Zakir Kibria May 03, 2025

The Silent Crossings: A Nepali Elegy for the Lost Souls of Fortress Europe

A Tribute to Courage, Grief, and Unyielding Hope

By Zakir Kibria Apr 19, 2025

Digital Colonialism 2.0: How Global Platforms Redefine Truth in Nepal and Beyond

A Critical Examination of Fact-Checking Networks, Algorithmic Power, and Nepal’s Precarious Position

By Zakir Kibria Apr 10, 2025

Trump’s Tariffs and the Dawn of Multipolarity: Implications for Nepal

By Zakir Kibria Apr 06, 2025

“Mountains Of The Mind" – When Western Obsession Meets Himalayan Timelessness

How Robert Macfarlane’s Classic Travelogue Anticipated Nepal’s Modern Mountain Paradoxes

By Zakir Kibria Apr 01, 2025

How Ukraine War Made Nepal’s Momo 30% More Expensive

By Zakir Kibria Mar 28, 2025

Democracy as Disruption: A Rancièrean Reckoning in Nepal and South Asia

French philosopher Jacques Rancière offers a scalpel to dissect this malaise. For him, democracy is not parliaments or parties but disruption—a rupture where the marginalised assert equality

By Zakir Kibria Mar 24, 2025

Ascending Together: The Himalayas as Metaphor for South Asian Unity in Turbulent Times

Espresso Notes: A Steep Ascent to Unity—South Asia's Himalayan Harmony in a Turbulent World]

By Zakir Kibria Mar 17, 2025

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