Opinion

Diplomatic Gains and Strategic Signaling: Afghanistan’s Evolving Approach to Pakistan

Afghanistan’s recent water-resources decisions, including the recent in-principle approval of a major water transfer scheme, must be evaluated in the…

3 months ago

A Hero’s Resolve: Syrian-Australian Shopkeeper Who Stopped Bondi Gunman Hailed Nationwide

WELLINGTON: In the golden evening light of a Sydney summer, 44-year-old Ahmed Al-Ahmed stepped out for a simple ritual shared by…

3 months ago

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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 months ago

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…

3 months ago

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…

3 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…

3 months ago