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Kainat Farooq

Kainat Farooq

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The Lithium Triangle: Buried Power of South America

The Salar de Uyuni is located at a height of about 3,700 metres above sea level in the southwest of Bolivia, covering 10,582 square kilometres of...

19.08.2026 50

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Kainat Farooq

China’s Population Cliff vs. India’s Youth Bulge: Demography as the New Battleground in Asia

In 2023, India overtook China to become the most populous country in the world for the very first time. Without any formal ceremonies or crossing any...

17.08.2026 60

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Korea’s Population Problem: A National Security Issue

Throughout history, South Korea has recorded the lowest fertility rate ever across all nations. By 2023, the country’s total fertility rate had...

16.08.2026 50

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Gujrat: Three Villages, Three Nishan-e-Haider Medals

Pakistan’s Nishan-e-Haider has been awarded eleven times since independence in 1947. Eleven. Across eight decades, two generations of wars, and...

09.07.2026 40

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The Weaponization of Trade: How Tariffs Became Geopolitical Tools

The topic of tariffs was once largely seen as dull and technical. They were the kind of policy detail discussed by finance ministries, included in...

03.07.2026 60

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The Race for Critical Minerals And The Future of Global Power

Power dynamics during the greater part of the previous century were rather predictable; whoever owned oil ruled the planet. Countries were fighting...

26.06.2026 150

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Sanctions as Foreign Policy: Do They Work, and Who Bears the Cost?

Every time a major international crisis erupts, the announcement follows within days, sometimes hours. A press conference. A podium. A row of flags....

16.06.2026 50

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Weaponized Migration: How Borders Became Tools of Hybrid Warfare

While the world is keeping its eyes on Ukraine, monitoring tensions in the South China Sea, and discussing the future of NATO, something else is...

15.06.2026 70

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Russia in the Sahel and the Question of Strategic Irreplaceability

There is a pattern in the Sahel that does not fit clearly into either a success or failure story for Russia. Security has gotten worse since Moscow...

22.05.2026 50

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