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The escalation trap: Is there an exit from the Gulf crisis?
There are moments in international politics when silence is deceptive-when the absence of visible movement conceals the…
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Ambassador (Retd) G.R. Baluch
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Celebrating 74 years of Pak-Japan strategic relations in the emerging multipolar world order
In the often turbulent arena of international relations, where alliances are shaped by shifting power balances and…
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Pakistan's high-stakes peace diplomacy: Problems and possibilities
The fragile outcome of the first round of Iran-United States peace talks has left behind neither clarity nor closure…
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Strait of Hormuz: At the crossroads of law and power
As Alfred Thayer Mahan famously observed, "Whoever rules the waves rules the world." In the contemporary age of…
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From Hudaybiyyah to Hormuz: The grammar of peace in a time of war
In moments when history trembles on the brink of systemic upheaval, it is rarely the clang of arms that determines the…
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From escalation trap to the path of peace - Pakistan's diplomatic dexterity to end the Gulf war
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner." - Nelson…
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Pakistan as the bridge - from battlefield to negotiating table
There are moments in history when a single digital gesture carries the weight of a diplomatic signal. One such moment…
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The Dahiya doctrine: From Beirut to Tehran
In the long arc of human conflict, doctrines often emerge not merely as military tools but as reflections of deeper…
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Pakistan's test of diplomatic dexterity
Great wars rarely erupt suddenly; they grow out of accumulated tensions, strategic miscalculations, and unresolved…
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Has Iran already won the war?
Wars often reveal more about the ambitions of those who launch them than about the strength of those they seek to…
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Why Iran will not surrender
Calls for "unconditional surrender" and threats of total annihilation directed at Iran reveal a dangerous…
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The ugly war next door
Wars fought at a distance can often be analysed with intellectual detachment. Wars fought next door are different. They…
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The delusional Pakistan elite and the reality of Pakistan
Pakistan today stands at the edge of an abyss-not because it lacks resources, talent, or ideas, but because it is…
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The west's pivot to Beijing
What was expected to be a measured and evolutionary transition from a unipolar to a multipolar world has instead…
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Indian abandonment of Chabahar Port: Pragmatism or strategic retreat?
India's reported decision to scale back-if not quietly abandon-its engagement at Iran's Chabahar Port marks a revealing…
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Despite deep divides, peace is still possible in the world
The World Economic Forum 2026 convened at a moment of unusual global candor. The traditional optimism that once…
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Hindutva-Zionist axis: An existential threat to world peace and civilizational norms
The gravest threats to world peace in the twenty-first century no longer arise solely from conventional great-power…
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Quaid-i-Azam's struggle for Pakistan
Why Pakistan's youth must follow Jinnah's principles, not be enthralled by personalities In an age increasingly shaped…