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How Economic Vulnerability Shapes Pakistan’s Global Choices

How Economic Vulnerability Shapes Pakistan’s Global Choices

Pakistan’s foreign policy has often been described in grand strategic terms: geostrategic relevance, regional balancing, Islamic solidarity,...

11.05.2026 700

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Pakistan And The Architecture Of Controlled Stability

In the aftermath of a fragile yet consequential ceasefire—one in which Islamabad is believed to have played a discreet but meaningful role—a...

15.04.2026 30

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Pakistan’s Strategic Moment: From Geography To Managing Disruption

Pakistan stands at a moment that is easy to misread. Across our wider region, instability once again dominates the conversation—energy uncertainty...

01.04.2026 40

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

The Brutal Clarity Of Deterrence In A World Without Illusions

08.01.2026 40

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Ghosts Of Empire: The Roots Of The Durand Faultline - Part 4

17.11.2025 30

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Water under siege

17.11.2025 50

The News International

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Ghosts Of Empire: The Roots Of The Durand Faultline - Part 3

13.11.2025 50

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Afghan Strategic Expectations, Pashtun Politics, Taliban Reality & Pakistan’s Misplaced Hopes - Part 2

12.11.2025 40

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Mirza and the lost republic

12.11.2025 40

The News International

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Ghosts Of Empire: The Roots Of The Durand Faultline - Part 1

11.11.2025 40

The Friday Times

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Mirza, Ayub and the IWT

22.09.2025 40

The News International

Syed Khawar Mehdi

Mirza, Ayub and the IWT

15.09.2025 50

The News International

Syed Khawar Mehdi