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Pakistan’s mirage of mediation

Pakistan’s mirage of mediation

Diplomacy occasionally produces documents that clarify reality; more often, it produces documents that elegantly conceal its absence. The...

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Junaid S. Ahmad

Iranophobia and the hardliners delusion

Iranophobia and the hardliners delusion

The laziest word in Western commentary on Iran is not “theocracy,” “proxy,” or even “threat.” It is “hardliner.” Its compulsory twin,...

24.03.2026 50

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“Either with us or against us”: Field Marshal sectarianism in the Zionist war on Iran

“Either with us or against us”: Field Marshal sectarianism in the Zionist war on Iran

The first instinct of a discredited regime is not to answer dissent but to classify it. Name the dissenter. Isolate the constituency. Shrink the...

23.03.2026 50

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The Other War in the Af-Pak Frontier

War is the last refuge of failing states, but in Pakistan it often seems to be the first hobby of men who confuse uniforms with omniscience. When...

19.03.2026 60

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Banality cannot swim: Iran and evil on the high seas of empire

Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil” is one of those concepts polite society cherishes because it flatters the audience. It reassures comfortable...

07.03.2026 70

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War on Iran: Zionist Strategy and the Machinery of Muslim Collusion

For three days now, Iran has been under sustained bombardment. American and Israeli military power — long rehearsed through sanctions, covert...

02.03.2026 80

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LeBron, Gaza, and the Cost of “Nothing but Great Things”

It takes a special kind of sentence to stain a legacy. LeBron James found one: “I’ve heard nothing but great things” about Israel — uttered...

21.02.2026 100

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The final solution to Imran Khan

When a regime starts rationing a prisoner’s light, it is no longer governing — it is unravelling. If credible reports are accurate that Imran...

20.02.2026 250

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Pakistan’s blowback state: Generals, proxies, and the roots of terror

11.02.2026 60

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“Islamic NATO” or imperial tool? Zionism, unity, and collaboration

26.01.2026 100

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Pakistan on the “Board of Peace”: A seat at the afterlife of genocide

22.01.2026 100

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How to protest correctly: Notes from Iran, warnings from Pakistan

19.01.2026 100

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“Real men go to Tehran” — The Zion-Con fantasy of regime change in Iran

16.01.2026 90

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Nothing to see here: Pakistan, Gaza, and collaboration done the Zionist way

13.01.2026 50

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Pakistan, the Gulf, and the high cost of Zionist alignment

06.01.2026 70

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Who’s afraid of Dr Naledi Pandor? Zionism, Empire, and the visa revoked in panic

27.11.2025 70

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Imran Khan Wasn’t Overthrown — Pakistan Was

30.10.2025 70

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The empire’s echo: Pakistan between Gaza and the great game

16.10.2025 60

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Cold War 2.0: The empire’s last temper tantrum

28.09.2025 50

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Applause for ashes: Recognition, pacts, and the art of doing nothing while Gaza burns

24.09.2025 50

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The generals and princes are cashing in while Gaza bleeds

21.09.2025 80

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The NAM reborn: Non-Aligned monarchies and Pakistan’s mercenary generals

19.09.2025 40

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The theatre of hypocrisy: How Pakistan’s generals betray Gaza and Pakistan alike

11.09.2025 70

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Pakistan: The five who shamed the brass

06.09.2025 30

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What would Muhammad do? The taboo question in the time of Gaza

03.09.2025 30

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The spectacle of moral hypocrisy: When America condemns South Africa

23.08.2025 60

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Ceasefires “R” Us

18.08.2025 70

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More than meets the smile: Iran–Pakistan’s strategic chessboard

08.08.2025 60

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The Muslim World: A requiem

04.08.2025 80

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The Zionism of the brass: Why Pakistan’s army won’t defend Gaza

14.07.2025 80

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The Peace Prize farce: When tyrants nominate a tyrant

09.07.2025 30

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Zohran or Zion: The future of world order

28.06.2025 100

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Zohran or Zion: The future of world order

28.06.2025 60

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Zohran or Zion: The future of world order

27.06.2025 20

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A mad dog and a muzzled empire: Israel, Iran, and the limits of strategic patience

17.06.2025 30

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The Silence of the Sultans: Muslim Regimes and the Holocaust of Our Time

13.06.2025 50

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The empire’s playpen: Nukes, nationalism, and manufactured madness in South Asia

07.06.2025 50

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The generals’ farce: valor below, villas above

19.05.2025 80

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Gaza in the Himalayas: Modi’s fantasy war and the Kashmir proving ground

13.05.2025 30

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The Indo-Pak war: recklessness and diversion in the service of pharaohs 

09.05.2025 30

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The art of distraction: War drums, dictatorships, and the dance of nuclear madness

07.05.2025 30

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Kashmir and the spectacle of manufactured crises

03.05.2025 30

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The generals of Islamabad and their Zionist daydream

21.04.2025 30

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