Opinion

When the Israeli right invokes the term “Greater Israel,” it is usually understood as an expansionist concept aimed at enlarging the territory Israel claims as its own. This…

During the decades-long implementation of Pakistan’s “strategic depth” policy, Islamabad has employed a combination of political, military, intelligence, and coercive instruments…

President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing this week carrying three sharply competing narratives about American power, strategic leverage, and Washington’s ability to shape events…

Before the situation became more complicated in recent hours, and critical moments began echoing across the region once more, U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed that the United…

The United States Counterterrorism Strategy of 2026 marks a significant evolution in Washington’s conceptual and operational approach toward Afghanistan and the wider region. The…

Ms. Pakistani, Before you speak about Afghanistan, it would be better for you to first look, in the mirror of reality, at the country you yourself come from. A country that…

Most modern conflicts can be understood through economic interests and geopolitical theory. One classic framework divides the world into the "Heartland" (resource-rich, landlocked…

When we were studying in Germany during the 1970s, the country was crowded with organizations of the new Iranian leftist student movements, while inside Iran the Communist Tudeh…

Afghanistan is often portrayed as a perpetual victim of great power politics, a country trapped in the crosshairs of history, its land repeatedly used and its people exploited,…

Pakistan’s renewed effort to cast itself as an “honest broker” in the wake of the U.S.–Israel war against Iran collapses under even modest scrutiny. Mediation is not a title a…