They Had Minutes to Escape: stories of survival from Nepal’s floods
On the morning of August 26, 2026, a piece of the Langtang Lirung glacier broke away on the Nepal-China border. Within minutes, a wall of ice, rock, mud and water was moving down the Trishuli Valley at speeds later estimated at more than 190 kilometers per hour. It reached theContinue Reading
Nepal’s Glacier Disaster is a Warning to the World
On the morning of 26 August 2026, a wall of ice, rock, mud and water tore down a Himalayan valley on the Nepal–China border faster than most vehicles travel on a highway. Within minutes it had destroyed the Gyirong (Kyirong) port complex, Nepal’s main trade and pilgrimage gateway to Tibet,Continue Reading
A Declaration for Peace: what Cambodia’s ISC-2 means for parliamentary diplomacy
On 28 August 2026, delegates gathered at the GDT Convention Centre in Phnom Penh formally adopted the Phnom Penh Declaration, closing out the three-day Second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference (ISC-2). The text reaffirms international law, peaceful dispute settlement and “stronger parliamentary diplomacy” in language that is broad, aspirational and, in places,Continue Reading
Cambodia Hosts the Second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference
For three days in late August 2026, Phnom Penh became an unlikely meeting point for the world’s legislatures. Speakers and deputy speakers of parliament, senate presidents, and representatives of inter-parliamentary bodies converged on the Cambodian capital for the Second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference (ISC-2), held from 26 to 28 August atContinue Reading
Cultural Ecocide: what Preah Vihear reveals about war and nature
Preah Vihear is not simply an ancient temple damaged by conflict. It is a warning that modern warfare increasingly destroys the living relationships between culture, nature and memory. Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple stood for over a millennium on the edges of the Dângrêk Mountains in an environment where nature and historyContinue Reading