Whatever fragile political system existed in Gaza has collapsed, along with the institutions that once gave public life its structure. Hamas, weakened militarily and decapitated by the assassinations of its leaders, faces isolation abroad and a diminished mandate at home. The Palestinian Authority, long discredited in the West Bank, has been absent in Gaza. Leftist factions survive as symbols rather than as real organisations. Independent political figures are scattered or silenced. After (…)

Fin septembre de cette année, des dizaines de milliers de Philippins sont descendus dans la rue après des semaines de révélations selon lesquelles certains des plus hauts responsables du pays avaient reçu des millions de dollars de pots-de-vin sur des contrats gouvernementaux. Parmi eux se trouvaient environ un millier de manifestants, principalement des jeunes issus des quartiers populaires urbains, qui ont insisté pour marcher jusqu'au palais présidentiel et se sont ensuite livrés à (…)

In late September of this year, tens of thousands of Filipinos took to the streets following weeks of revelations that some of the country's highest officials had been receiving millions of dollars' worth of kickbacks from government contracts. Amongst them were around a thousand protesters, mostly youth from the urban poor, who insisted on marching to the presidential palace and subsequently engaged in some of the most confrontational acts of protest in recent Philippine history. The (…)

If the scenes of Donald Trump's celebration at the Israeli Knesset and in Sharm el-Sheikh were staged for cinematic or theatrical exploitation, they would undoubtedly rank among the worst productions in history. These two spectacles formed a single festival of adulation, unprecedented for any US president or, any leader elected through a free election, for that matter. They are more reminiscent of the praise showered upon despots in their own country or within their empire – like the North (…)

Trois soulèvements en trois ans ont ébranlé l'Asie du Sud jusqu'en son cœur. L'Aragalaya au Sri Lanka en 2022, la révolution menée par les étudiants au Bangladesh en juillet 2024, et la révolte de la génération Z au Népal en septembre 2025 ont renversé des gouvernements et mis à nu les échecs profonds de la démocratie dans toute la région. Mais tandis que la poussière retombe, la question émerge : que se passe-t-il ensuite ? Le 24 septembre, Himal Southasian a réuni quatre voix venues des (…)

Three uprisings in three years have shaken South Asia to its core. Sri Lanka's Aragalaya in 2022, Bangladesh's student-led revolution in July 2024, and Nepal's Gen Z revolt in September 2025 have toppled governments and exposed the deep failures of democracy across the region. But as the dust settles, the question emerges: what comes next? On 24 September, Himal Southasian brought together four voices from the frontlines of these movements to examine what connects these uprisings—and what (…)