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Amna HashmiThe Express Tribune |
For over a century, the word petrostate explained much of the world's political dysfunction. Oil-rich countries exercised power in an extremely...
Nobody is constructing bases anymore. They are constructing "logistics facilities". The language is different and so is the strategy. The...
Power in international politics is mostly linked with acts of decisiveness, or military intervention, sanctions, vetoes, recognition or denial. Yet...
Deterrence was once meant to prevent war. Today, it is designed to make war manageable. When the United States attacks Iranian-connected targets, but...
Over decades, IR scholarship saw outer space as a kind of sanctuary, a global commons ruled by the high-minded, but vague, ideals of the 1967 Outer...
Over the decades, the policy of Pakistan towards its western neighbour has been based on one simple assumption: a stable government in Afghanistan...
Long before Machiavelli, the Indian strategist Kautilya articulated a blunt theory of power in the Arthashastra. Writing in the fourth century BCE, he...
We live in an age where tragedy is no longer distant. It is livestreamed, refreshed every few seconds, and placed between a cooking reel and a meme....
On November 12, 2025, the US Treasury Department sanctioned 32 entities and individuals linked to Iran's ballistic missile programme, including an...
Rivers have long connected nations even when politics failed to. Yet today, the Kabul River which winds through Afghanistan before joining Pakistan's...
In the complex matrix of South Asian security, a troubling development has come to light, one that exposes the dual nature of India's intelligence...
Pakistan's nuclear deterrent was never born out of ambition. It was born out of necessity. When India, under the pretext of a "peaceful" nuclear...
By 2040, Pakistan is projected to be among the most water-stressed countries in the world. The river Indus, which supplies more than 240 million...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech this year took a controversial turn when he hailed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the...
There's something unsettling about watching the world's largest democracy learn the tricks of the world's most authoritarian regimes, and doing it...
In a world where alliances are increasingly transactional, the counterterrorism partnership between Pakistan and the United States remains an...
In today's interconnected world, diaspora communities play a main role in shaping narratives and lobbying for policy shifts in their countries of...
China's recent actions on India's northern frontier have gone beyond mere symbolism. From altering maps to weaponising minerals, the intent is clear:...
In between the headlines and breaking news on the Iran-Israel ceasefire, one country stayed largely out of the spotlight but played its part with...
In international diplomacy, some agreements are too foundational to tamper with. The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), signed in 1960, is one such rare...
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order back in January banning refugee resettlement, citing national security and the need to "protect...
The recent escalation following the Pahalgam incident has not only raised concerns about regional stability but also brought India's foreign policy...
As the world transitions from the post-Cold War unipolar moment into an increasingly multipolar era, the question of how major powers can manage...
In a world where scrolling is second nature and videos under a minute define cultural shifts, the battlefield has expanded far beyond borders and...