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Last week, diplomats from 191 countries sat in a conference room in New York reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The host country was the...
The most fundamental resource for civilisation has always been water. Where rivers flowed consistently, empires flourished; where they did not, they...
The International Monetary Fund has acknowledged that Pakistan’s policy efforts under the ongoing program have “helped stabilize the economy and...
Islamabad, May 6: The May 2025 conflict fundamentally altered the regional balance of power in South Asia by reasserting Pakistan’s credible...
Agrivoltaics is a concept that combines agriculture and photovoltaics. It means growing crops and generating solar energy at the same time on the same...
The US-led Global Governance system, formed in 1945 post-World War II, is now on the brink of collapse. In recent years, from 2020 to 2026, we have...
Saif ul Malook Lake, located around 9 kilometers north of Naran city in the Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is one of the most magnificent...
People make up their minds about you before you even open your mouth. It takes roughly seven seconds for a stranger to determine if you are...
Minsk, Belarus—During an interview with Cuban-American journalist of RT America (Russian Today/Россия Сегодня), Rick Sanchez, the...
“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the...
In 1946, Senator J. William Fulbright had a simple idea: send Americans abroad, bring the world to America, and you will never need to explain...
There is mostly a difficulty in defining or explaining fundamental concepts, for they form the basis for a plethora of things, whilst lacking their...
When we talk about Pakistan’s economic condition, it is typically in terms of fiscal or balance of payments deficits or IMF packages. But this masks...
“Pak-China friendship is higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the ocean, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel.” PM Shehbaz Sharif...
The European countries met in Berlin in 1884 and used a map to divide the African continent among themselves. They distributed the continent’s...
Quest for the Best CSS Academy in Pakistan Due to the glamor and prestige of social media, the Central Superior Services (CSS) is considered one of...
Origins of the Dispute While some non-Brits often get confused about the difference between the UK, Britain, England, Scotland, Wales, the British...
Fresh into his office during his second term, Donald Trump’s claim to fame was his claim of averting many wars. This self-serving myth rested on a...
The mistake of 1980 was simple: Saddam Hussein believed that a nation’s hatred for its rulers is greater than its love for its soil. He was wrong....
In French literature, there is a phrase known as “le pays sans femmes,” which means “a country without women.” It represents an imaginary land...
Five landmark studies are rewriting what scientists thought they knew about our species. People have never been the same. But recent studies indicate...
Healthcare is a privilege in Pakistan. Although access to resources and quality medical care is a basic human right, the system is unfortunately...
The following big geopolitical battle might not be based on the territory, trade routes, or even technology itself. It is also being contested more...
Both India and Pakistan have been in conflict with each other since the partition of the subcontinent. From domestic to external affairs, the policies...
When was the last time you changed your opinion about something significant, such as a political stance, a social mindset, or a belief about how the...
Let’s say you are composing a thesis: twelve news stories, three government reports, forty-seven scholarly papers, and a few YouTube lectures have...
“Democracy is not a spectator sport,” was once said by Marian Wright Edelman. A country cannot be prosperous when its people are silent observers...
Newly Announced Jobs in FIA Pakistan The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is one of Pakistan’s most prominent law enforcement bodies, responsible...
The Root Causes of Instability and the IMF Cycle For almost its entire history as an independent state, Pakistan has been beset by recurrent economic...
Introduction: Potatoes Enter Geopolitics Diplomacy in the realm of geopolitics is commonly linked to the top-tier meetings, military alliances, and...
The Immediate Aftermath of US-Israeli Airstrikes 5 weeks ago, when the US and Israel launched their war against Iran, US President Donald Trump...
This commentary argues that the Ousainou Bojang murder case is increasingly functioning as an agenda-displacing political spectacle not because the...
In the era of social media, the contest for territory has increasingly evolved into a contest for perception. Public diplomacy involves the state’s...
Senator Rick Scott, speaking without the usual diplomatic gauze, recently told a reporter that blocking the Strait of Hormuz was “fine from my...
According to a global consulting company, Mercer, which has its headquarters in New York and operates in more than 130 countries, the quality of...
When Henry Corbin arrived in Tehran in 1945 to take up a position at the newly established Institut Français d’Iranologie. He found university...
At the core of India’s current situation is a striking discrepancy: the country’s most commercially successful film franchise is devoted to the...
Pakistan’s recent austerity measures demonstrate, once again, how susceptible the country remains to external economic shocks, despite all...
“In the spirit of the optimist, to whom every difficulty is an opportunity, rather than the pessimist, for whom every opportunity presents a...
The colonial legacy of structural centralization persists in developing nations that were once European colonies. Kashmir has been a contentious issue...
In 2025, China doesn’t need aircraft carriers to control the global energy transition. It needs smelters, patents, and the digital architecture of a...
Escalating Rhetoric and Strategic Discontent In the past couple of days, NATO has been plunged into yet another crisis after the Trump administration...
Late into the night, millions of young Pakistanis are still awake, scrolling on their phones. It’s rarely just for fun or curiosity anymore — it...
The US-Israeli joint operation on 28th February aimed at achieving four main goals in Iran, notably preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,...
This paper examines why the eastward expansion of NATO triggered a Russian military response only in 2008 and beyond, and not in 1999, when the first...
With the two-week ceasefire, both the US and Iran are claiming victory in the war. The claim of victory of either side is debatable. However, the...
Imagine that another Covid-19-like situation once again emerges; would you be able to bear the pain once more? The world is soon going to witness a...
Indian defense modernization indeed is one of the most dramatic changes in the strategic environment in South Asia. New Delhi, the military...
South Asia entered 2025 in the center of several issues, including geopolitical competition, economic instability, and a weakening of regionalism. All...
Geopolitics is rapidly changing due to growing tensions between the US, Israel, and Iran. Global economic stability and energy markets are at greater...