Ahmad Fawad Arsala

Pakistan’s War at Home

Pakistan’s leaders are once again congratulating themselves for killing militants in Balochistan and launching new operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Press…

7 days ago

This Time Is Different: Iranian Protesters Finally Have Power on Their Side

For decades, Iranian protesters have risen up knowing one bitter truth: no matter how brave, how widespread, or how justified…

4 weeks ago

Why the Mullahs Can Be Toppled Without Occupying Iran

Iran has reached a point where protest alone may no longer be sufficient to dismantle the Islamic Republic’s entrenched machinery…

1 month ago

From Terror Provocation to Nuclear Panic: What Pakistan’s Trump Gratitude Really Confesses

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s repeated, almost theatrical gratitude toward Donald Trump for “resolving” the recent India–Pakistan conflict is not…

2 months ago

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…

2 months ago

Trump’s Post-Ukraine Playbook: Why the Real Target Is Iran

When Donald Trump re-entered the White House, much of the world braced for unpredictability. Yet beneath the theatrics, bluster, and…

3 months ago

Ghani’s Hollow Vision: Self-Praise, No Accountability, and Zero Solutions

Ashraf Ghani has resurfaced, and as always, he arrives armed with paragraphs of poetic abstractions, circular reasoning, and self-exonerating reflections.…

3 months ago

Washington’s New Chessboard: How President Trump and Pakistan’s Generals Are Rewriting the Great Game

Washington’s New Chessboard: How President Trump and Pakistan’s Generals Are Rewriting the Great Game   As the Trump administration returns…

3 months ago

Ashraf Ghani Went to GHQ, The Taliban Made GHQ Come to the Table

When history looks back at Afghanistan’s recent decades of leadership, one image will forever symbolize Ashraf Ghani’s legacy: a sitting…

4 months ago

Pakistan’s Hypocrisy on the Taliban: A State Built on Contradictions

Pakistan’s hypocrisy on the Taliban is not new, it is the continuation of a dangerous pattern that dates back to…

5 months ago