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Indian pop culture is increasingly becoming decentralised, with some of its most interesting energies now emerging from places once treated as fringe.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen acknowledged to a parliamentary committee that the government was struggling to contain the groups that he said had evolved from street-level outfits into "sophisticated and decentralised networks".

From BBC • May 3, 2026

"Tehran has managed to set up a system that is sophisticated, decentralised, and remarkably difficult to disrupt without escalating into a full-scale maritime conflict," he added in a Saturday op-ed.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The government quickly put in place a new supreme leader, while its decentralised "mosaic defence" allowed the military to retaliate without losing much of a step.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Our whole military organisation is becoming more decentralised and more dependent on voluntary effort; it is devolving more and more upon Territorial Associations and local bodies of all kinds.

From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by Rosenbaum, S.