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Wakhan: The New Geography of U.S.–China Competition in Afghanistan
On October 4, 2026, Afghanistan opened a 121-kilometer road through the Wakhan Corridor, linking the Broghil area of Badakhshan to the Chinese border. Built at a reported cost of…
Pakistan’s Security-First Approach: Negotiation or Precondition?
Pakistan’s insistence on concrete and verifiable security measures is understandable as a negotiating objective, but the difficulty arises when such measures are treated as a…
Diversion Under Fire: Kamdesh, Airstrikes, and the Externalization of Pakistan’s Internal Crisis
The Kamdesh episode does not stand alone. It is part of a broader pattern, one that becomes unmistakable when placed alongside Pakistan’s expanding campaign of cross-border…
Civilian Protection in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict: Security Imperatives, International Law, Political…
Civilian Protection in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict: Security Imperatives, International Law, Political Credibility, and Geopolitical Constraints
By Dr. Ubaidullah Burhani…
Strategic Value, Risk Exposure, and the Changing Economics of Partnership
Pakistan occupies an unusual position in the strategic architecture of South Asia. Its geography, population, military capabilities, nuclear deterrent, relationship with China,…
Washington and Beijing: From Crisis Management to the Architecture of Understanding
Washington and Beijing: From Crisis Management to the Architecture of Understanding
Strategic Competition, Risk Management, and Areas of Convergence in a Changing International…
Waiting for November Under Sanctions, Hormoz Closure: Boeing 777 Aircraft and Iran’s Shrinking Reach
Waiting for November Under Sanctions, Hormoz Closure: Boeing 777 Aircraft and Iran’s Shrinking Reach
The latest US sanctions are not incremental policy adjustments. They are a…
History Cannot Be Wished Away or Allowed to Dictate the Future
Afghanistan and Pakistan inherited a long history of dispute over the status and interpretation of the Durand Line, which has remained a central source of tension between the two…
Afghans in the Crosshairs: The Civilian Cost of Pakistan’s Security Policy
Pakistan increasingly frames its confrontation with Afghanistan in the language of national security, terrorism, and self-defence. Islamabad accuses the Taliban authorities of…
Unconditional Words, Conditional Actions: Pakistan’s Saudi Double Game
There is a widening gap between what Pakistan’s military leadership says and what it actually does. Nowhere is this more visible than in its posture toward Saudi Arabia. Public…