A Direct Challenge to UNGA’s ‘Better Together’ Vision
The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 9 September 2025 with the theme “Better together: 80 years and more...
From Conference Tables to Cyberspace: The Shift to Hybrid Diplomacy
Diplomacy has always been conceived as an activity that occurs behind closed doors, smoothed corridors, and secret discussions among ambassadors. However, in the 21st...
Democracy and Women’s Rights: A Policy Analysis of Pakistan’s Experience
Can democracy actually guarantee women’s rights, or it only provides the tools to struggle for them? Pakistan’s experience offers powerful lessons on this debate....
Interview with Egyptian Author & Consultant Mahmoud Mansi
Biography: Born in Alexandria, Egypt in December 1986, Mahmoud Mansi is a global citizen who has travelled to various countries for his quest of...
The Thirst of Artificial Intelligence: How AI Mega Projects Deepen the Global Water Crisis
Artificial intelligence has challenged the entire fabric of the existing order, either at social levels, political grounds, economic levels, or at the tech-based revolution...
The Lingering Shadows of Slavery
I still remember, a few summers ago, the haunting images of migrant workers in India trudging barefoot along highways, clinging to overcrowded trains and...
Floods Don’t Fall from the Sky Alone: How Human Interventions Accelerate Climate Destruction
When the 2025 cloudburst hit Buner, a district located in northern Pakistan, villagers described how torrents of water came down upon their dwellings with...
The origins of Covid-19 under international law and the certainty of the next pandemic
It's been more than 2,000 days since Covid-19 appeared in late 2019 growing to more than 700 million cases and at least 7 million...
Soft Power vs. Hard Power: Dominance in 21st Century Diplomacy
The debate in international relations and defense strategy between soft power and hard power has almost never faded away from the center. Joseph Nye,...
The Global Powers Of Nixon Mateulah
Genocide and displacement has been on my mind this month as “October 7th” comes and goes. The world is at war. Trump has been...