Trump’s Iran Uranium Plan Risks a Wider War
The reported idea of a special operation to seize Iran’s uranium should alarm anyone who still thinks there is a line between pressure and...
Saudi Arabia Draws a Red Line
Saudi Arabia’s interception of missiles aimed at Prince Sultan Air Base near Riyadh should not be treated as another passing headline. It is a...
When Cheap Drones Drain Expensive Defences
Four days is not long in war, but it is long enough for a bad assumption to snap. The February 28 joint United States...
America Can Pay, But Can It Reload?
War is expensive, but the price tag Americans notice first is often the wrong one. The early bills for air strikes, carrier operations, and...
Ghazab Lil Haq and the Price of Safe Havens
When in a newscast at the 0345 hours, it is announced that big figures have been killed and there is a list that long...
Ungoverned Space and Regional Spillover, Rethinking Afghanistan’s Borders
The Afghanistan crisis is generally spoken of as a crisis of the hour in terms of the Taliban, outside power intervention, or an unsuccessful...
When Washington Steps Back, Europe Blinks
The United States is not the solid backbone that both India and the European Union had counted on, and the change is not covert....
Gaza Needs Relief, Not Rhetoric
The decision of Pakistan to participate in the planned Board of Peace on Gaza by President Donald Trump should be judged by the fact...
The CPEC Effect: Why China and Pakistan Are Resetting Security
This interaction on January 7, 2026 between Wang Xiaohong and Mohsin Naqvi, which took place in Beijing, stirred an event which China and Pakistan...
Non-Intervention Is China’s Most Effective Export
Chinese diplomacy is increasingly emerging as a niche and even more as a pragmatic alternative to governments that have been finding themselves confined in...