Opinion

The West’s “Solutions”: A Brutal Calculus of Externalized Costs

What does it feel like to constantly wake to a world that has been quietly, ruthlessly, inverted? To feel the…

2 months ago

Proxy Warfare and Its Consequences: Lessons Learned

Proxy warfare, the deliberate cultivation of non-state insurgent actors as instruments of state policy, is neither legitimate nor sustainable. Pakistan’s…

2 months ago

Extremism: The Enduring Pandemic of the Global Village

In our interconnected age, wars refuse to be confined to their geographic battlegrounds. Through the pervasive channels of social media…

2 months ago

Between Tehran and the United Nations: Kabul Prioritizes National Interests Over External Agendas

The Taliban’s decision to abstain from the upcoming South Asian regional meeting in Iran, alongside the outcomes of recent United…

2 months ago

Australia to Toughen Gun Laws After Deadly Anti‑Semitic Attack at Bondi Beach

SYDNEY — Australian leaders have pledged to strengthen the nation’s gun laws following the deadliest mass shooting in nearly three…

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Campaigning against humanitarian aid is injustice

Unfortunately, some people have launched a campaign this winter under the cover of “blankets,” calling for humanitarian aid to Afghanistan…

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The Geopolitical and Strategic Implications of U.S. F-16 Sustainment for Pakistan

The U.S. State Department’s recent approval of a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Pakistan, valued at approximately $686 million, for…

2 months ago

Bangladesh’s Ideological Reversal: The BNP’s Bid for Hasina’s Liberal Image

The formal and decisive rupture of the decades-long alliance between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami marks a…

2 months ago

Afghanistan at the Doha Forum: Symbolic Presence and Regional-Gulf Dynamics

The participation of Afghanistan’s delegation, led by the current caretaker government (the Taliban), in the Doha Forum carries substantial political…

2 months ago

The centuries-old Christian presence in the West Bank is under threat

The community I grew up in near Bethlehem is being squeezed out by Israeli settlers. By Rev Dr Fares Abraham…

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