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Beijing Trilateral: A Renewed Diplomatic Push for Regional Stability
Pakistan and Afghanistan vowed to resume diplomatic relations after a stalemate of four years in an informal trilateral meeting in Beijing on 21st May,...
Deconstructing the Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Agreement Narrative
The recent signing of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Pakistan and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, heralded by both parties as a landmark...
Is Pakistan developing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile?
A prominent scholar of international security, Vipin Narang, has recently claimed in his co-authored article that Pakistan is developing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) with...
India-Pakistan: Terror, Deterrence and the Dilemma of Stability
Authors: Suman Manchi and Dr. Rubina Pradhan*
The Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April 2025, followed by the Indian armed forces’ swift ‘Operation Sindoor,’ has...
Did Trump Really Stop a War?
The assertion that trade diplomacy single-handedly averted a major military conflagration between India and Pakistan in 2025, as recently reiterated, presents a dangerously oversimplified...
Preparing for the “Next War”: The Infinite Lethality of World Politics
"Where will it end? When will it all be lulled back into sleep, and cease, the bloody hatred, the destruction?" -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
In world politics,...
A New Chapter in Diplomacy
The history between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been marked with suspicion, lack of equality, and missed potential, especially in recent history. It is in...
Operation Sindoor: Application of Operational Art and Strategic Messaging
Backdrop: The Context of Conflict
Operation Sindoor marked a significant inflection point in India's strategic and military posture towards cross-border terrorism and its sponsors. It...
Pakistan Assumes UNSC Presidency: A Beacon of Responsibility in Troubled Times
On July 1, 2025, Pakistan assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—a position that comes not only with responsibility but...
Beyond SAARC: China’s Emerging Bloc and the New Geopolitics of South Asia
In the aftermath of the 2025 India-Pakistan standoff arguably the most dangerous escalation between nuclear-armed neighbors in decades the silence from the South Asian...