When Two Wars Touch: The Caspian Sea Incident and the Peril of Merging Conflicts
Iran’s warning to Ukraine, the Washington meetings, and the case for a Community of Shared Future On the world’s largest inland sea, a single drone See More…
Month: July 2026
Pakistan’s AI Infrastructure Moment: What Sky47 Really Means
A perspective on Sky47, and the case for building AI capacity at home Pakistan has quietly crossed a threshold. With the launch of Sky47, its See More…
The Algorithm of Power
How China’s AI Strategy Is Reshaping the Global Order Beijing’s investment in artificial intelligence is not simply a technology race. It is a deliberate attempt See More…
Between Hegemony and Harmony: India’s Approach to South Asia
South Asia remains one of the world’s most strategically sensitive regions, where enduring geopolitical rivalries continue to undermine regional peace, economic integration, and collective security. See More…
Why Mashhad? Reading the Symbolism Behind a Supreme Leader’s Final Journey
Everyone was watching Tehran. The crowds, the chants, the coffin inching down a ten-kilometer route while effigies burned overhead — it made for the kind See More…
Rare Earths as Leverage: The US–China Critical Minerals Standoff and the Limits of Decoupling
Rare earths have emerged as one of the most consequential instruments of geopolitical leverage in the twenty-first century, exposing the strategic vulnerabilities underpinning the global See More…
Rethinking IMF Conditionality in the 2026 Debt Era
As sovereign debt reaches historic highs, the effectiveness of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) traditional lending framework is facing renewed scrutiny. While IMF programmes have See More…
Pakistan at a Strategic Crossroads in a Multipolar World
As the international system transitions toward an increasingly multipolar order, Pakistan stands at a defining strategic crossroads shaped by intensifying great-power competition, mounting water insecurity, See More…
Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Security and Strategic Partnership with China
In an increasingly volatile regional environment, Pakistan’s Afghanistan policy stands at a critical strategic crossroads. Persistent cross-border terrorism has reinforced Islamabad’s security concerns, while China’s See More…
The Indus Waters Treaty in 2026: Firm Words, Quiet Diplomacy, and a Basin Under Pressure
As tensions surrounding the Indus Waters Treaty continue to shape regional discourse, water security has emerged as one of the most consequential dimensions of India–Pakistan See More…