In Depth - December 2025

In dit nummer

As 2025 winds down, the political landscape continues
to reorganise itself in unexpected ways. This month’s
cover turns to New York, where Zohran Mamdani’s
mayoral victory has rewritten the script of American urban
politics. His win is not merely a personal milestone, but
it signals a shift in what voters demand, what leadership
can look like, and how power can be redistributed.
The implications stretch far beyond the city, offering a
message that resonates across democracies wrestling with
representation and responsibility.
We also present an exclusive conversation with Sheikh
Hasina, marking her first public remarks since her exile.
In this email interview, she reflects on political turbulence,
personal accountability, and the uncertainty ahead. Her
words offer clarity at a moment defined by speculation and
silence.
We then shift our focus to the island in Indian Ocean, Sri
Lanka. Hidden along the trade routes lies a mosque of
great historic and cultural importance. The Red Mosques
in Petha district of Colombo for centuries have been
serving as a landmark for traders across the world, due to
its unique pattern.
In the age of Artificial Intelligence, we raise an important
question, do we still own our own face? With the AI
learning models in place our pictures with our faces are
being used to train the AI models. At a time like this we
ask, who really owns our face? Should we copyright our
own face?
As this year comes to an end, we are eternally grateful to
our readers for being a part of our journey. We stepped
into the public conversation with conviction, sharing our
analyses, our questions, and our insistence on nuance. You
received us with curiosity and trust, and for that, we are
deeply grateful. As we enter a new year, our commitment
remains clear: to examine the world without distortion, to
challenge reductive narratives, and to continue telling the
stories that matter with precision, honesty, and depth.