OpinionThe Mecca Joint Defense Pact: An Act of Preventive Diplomacy?
Analyzing the causes and effects of international developments, benefiting from the chronology of events and their outcomes, and powers of deduction, are essential tools in analyzing…
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OpinionPakistan Wants New Provinces. The Harder Question Is Who Gets the Money?
On 30 July 2026, at the Pakistan Economic Summit, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said something unusually blunt for a serving minister: the system the country is…
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OpinionBeyond Malleability: Pakistan’s Evolving Security Approach
Pakistan’s security landscape has changed considerably over the past two decades, shaped by persistent terrorism, internal insurgencies, cross-border threats, and a rapidly evolving regional security environment.…
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OpinionThe Red Sea’s Real Chokepoint Is in the Sky
There is a version of the Red Sea story that fits neatly into a headline. Missiles, drones, burning hulls, freight rates. Then there is the version…
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OpinionWhen Cybersecurity Becomes National Security
There is a question I have heard asked at three conferences in Islamabad this year, and it is never asked politely. If every major Chinese tech…
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OpinionThe Architecture of Fear 9/11 a Paradigm Shift In World Order
On the bustling but fateful day of 9/11 ,2001 everything was going on smoothly as the workers were heading to their workplaces with great passion and…
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OpinionPakistan’s AI Ambitions
When a prime minister stands before technologists and tells them that artificial intelligence is “a fundamental cornerstone of national progress” rather than a distant prospect, the…
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OpinionWAICO Goes Live: China Leads, and Pakistan’s Window Is Now
On 16 July 2026, in Shanghai, representatives of 29 countries put their names to an agreement creating the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. Headquartered in Shanghai…
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