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What an incentivised or a punished Iran means for ME

The international system was always anarchic, but the current shift in the balance of global influence is making it more turbulent and uncertain. For...

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

The war of context

The one big constant of Pakistan, India foreign policy has been the Kashmir dispute. Both countries have fought wars over the issue; and as the...

12.05.2025 80

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Caught between American and Chinese patronage

In a test of nerves, both India and Pakistan are locked in an ongoing military standoff to test each other's resolve. This resolve is built in a broad...

05.05.2025 40

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War is not an option

Events are unfolding quickly, and it is unclear what the situation will be when this piece is published. India has lived up to its reputation: within...

28.04.2025 70

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War in Ukraine — all options open to Russia

The world is witnessing a surge in shuttle diplomacy as President Trump tries to deliver on his promise of ending the Ukraine war. Earlier this week,...

21.04.2025 60

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Challenges ahead and our response

13.04.2025 50

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Pakistan that Bhutto gifted

05.04.2025 10

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Critical issues and American race to resolve them

29.03.2025 20

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From pressuring and isolating to bullying Iran

23.03.2025 30

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Balochistan — to where from here?

16.03.2025 30

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Ideas should define power, not interests

09.03.2025 100

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Trump and Putin: authors of new European history?

02.03.2025 70

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Piloting the world's greatest power

09.02.2025 30

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A trilateral alliance under conditions of multipolarity

01.02.2025 10

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Empty houses and runaway boys and girls

25.01.2025 20

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Major non-Nato ally yet not an ally?

19.01.2025 50

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Is end of aristocracy the beginning of democracy?

11.01.2025 40

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President Trump's second term — five assumptions

The much-awaited inaugural address by President Donald Trump will take place on 20 January 2025 as he will be sworn in as the 47th President of the...

04.01.2025 6

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The system of authoritarian socialism

Selfishness is not in the idea of living your life the way you want to live; selfishness is more in the way that we want others to think in the...

21.12.2024 4

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Democracy and political conversation

Any democracy throws up two important challenges to the system. Both challenges are directed at the political leadership and both need some serious...

14.12.2024 5

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World of fantasy or real world?

Reading Yuval Noah Hariri's recent book Nexus has been an absolute treat. Masterful and provocative, the book is a brief history of information...

07.12.2024 5

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The twists and turns of Pakistani politics

Politics is meant to solve the problems of people. Those problems cannot be solved by employing power through the barrel of a gun. Our ideological...

30.11.2024 4

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National aspirations vs protests and demos

I often wonder what if all the dictators of the world such as Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini could see in future. Fast forward five to ten years of...

23.11.2024 4

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Trump 2.0 and Mideast crisis

The cycle of the US relationship with Saudi Arabia is an interesting one. The US has used the benefits of its relationship with Saudi Arabia to try...

16.11.2024 10

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

American presidential election and Pakistan

The world is changing and the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of United States sends a clear message to the entire world: the will...

10.11.2024 10

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Leaders with a vision

The vision of a leader is his overarching purpose derived from the values he believes in and the national aspirations that he harbours to drive his...

03.11.2024 10

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Brussels or Pyongyang?

Uninterrupted and uncorrupted flow of information from the state to the people is considered as an important and essential aspect for developing a...

26.10.2024 2

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Leviathan that we need

It is very disheartening to see the disruption of civil society in Pakistan. A great number of people including students and lawyers are out on...

20.10.2024 10

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Convergence of interests deters war

I remember giving an interview for a think tank dealing with strategic studies. The panel interviewing was headed by one of our most accomplished...

13.10.2024 3

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Middle East: retaliation and counter-retaliation

The world is worried about how the war in the Middle East may escalate and engulf the entire region. All indicators on ground suggest that the war...

05.10.2024 2

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A society polarised - why?

During this week I had an opportunity to do a podcast with Syed Muzammil Hussain Zaidi. A passionate young man with great potential, Zaidi not only...

29.09.2024 2

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Ukraine and Gaza: order, not peace, needed to end hostility

History is not about the past only, but about the change as well. We read history to learn from it but if we fail to read the change, we may never...

22.09.2024 3

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War in Gaza: peculiarities, fatal flaws and security assumptions

Today's article focuses on some distinct peculiarities, fatal flaws and the growing security assumptions of Israel's war on Gaza. Any peculiarity...

15.09.2024 5

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Defense Day & national security: Russia-Pakistan comparison

Some of the regular readers of my columns may feel that lately I am writing too much on the Ukraine war, on Russia and on Pakistan-Russia...

07.09.2024 2

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Europe and the possibility of transatlantic divorce

In international relations every intention of a great power is premised on a notion. Russian intention to begin special operations in Ukraine was...

31.08.2024 3

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War in Ukraine - three assumptions

A simple theory states that asking the right questions is important to make the right assumptions and making the right assumptions is essential for...

24.08.2024 2

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Kursk attack: first on Russia after WWII

Shortage of manpower is a big problem that the Ukrainian military faces. So, what has Ukraine done to address this problem and how are European...

17.08.2024 2

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Bangladesh - a victim of great power competition?

What has happened in Bangladesh is a link in the chain of disturbing events that Asia is likely to continue to witness in the coming years and...

10.08.2024 1

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One damn thing after the other

Henry Ford (1863–1947) was an American industrialist and is best known for being the founder of the Ford Motor Company. Once asked what he thinks...

04.08.2024 10

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Lessons Pakistan can learn from Russia

Two centuries ago, a prediction was made by Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), who is the father of Russian science and after whom Moscow State...

28.07.2024 20

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Contesting the Arctic

Historically, without mentioning the achievements of three people it will be unfair to talk about the current geopolitical environment in the...

21.07.2024 1

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The last frontier

As a student of geopolitics, I am studying the Russian history and my eyes are set on the next great frontier — the Arctic. I know I cannot...

14.07.2024 10

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