Middle East
Pakistan Chairs 12th SCO Border Services Meeting, Reinforcing Its Regional Security Role
Pakistan's decision to chair the 12th Meeting of the Heads of Border Services of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) comes at a time when border security has become one of…
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A Year of Strategic Reach: How Pakistan Repositioned Itself Between August 2025 and August 2026
Between August 2025 and August 2026, Pakistan’s foreign and strategic posture underwent a notable transformation.…
Operation Safed Sagar: India’s Latest Blockbuster Is Yet Again About Pakistan
Netflix's biggest Indian production to date Operation Safed Sagar, arrives as a six-part war drama…
Afghanistan’s Terrorism Challenge and the Regional Stakes
Despite years of diplomatic pressure, sanctions and counterterrorism efforts, the Afghan Taliban have failed to…
What the Mecca Agreement Tells Us About Pakistan’s Growing Strategic Power
For years, discussions about Pakistan’s place in the global order have largely revolved around its…
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How Iran War has shifted the Global Paradigm
Whether Iran War concludes or not, it will mark the beginning of a fragmented international order with no sign of…
Trump Teases Deal but Refuses to Lift Strike Threat
The precarious calm characterizing US Iran relations shifted into a phase of high stakes coercive diplomacy late Friday. President Donald…
The Hormuz Lockdown: Can Tehran Survive the U.S. Naval Siege?
The Strait of Hormuz remains the jugular vein of the global energy market, but as of mid April 2026, it…
A New Era of Middle Power Diplomacy
The high-stakes talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad mark a watershed moment in global geopolitics. While the…
The Islamabad Talks: A New Dawn for Global Diplomacy
After forty one days of intense regional conflict and a suffocating global energy crisis, a glimmer of hope has emerged…
The “Anchoring Host” Strikes Again: Pakistani Memes Erupt After Historic US-Iran Ceasefire
While the rest of the world’s diplomats were holding their breath, Pakistanis were busy doing what they do best: opening…
Islamabad Framework 2026: Pakistan Brokers Historic US-Iran Ceasefire
The dawn of April 8, 2026, marks a pivotal shift in global geopolitics as a catastrophic military escalation was averted…
Iran Rejects Proposed Ceasefire – Demands Permanent End to Hostilities
As the international community braces for the expiration of President Donald Trump’s self imposed deadline for a regional resolution, Iran…

