Opinion

Pakistan’s mediation pitch is less about peace and more about positioning. What appears to be neutrality is, in fact, a calculated use of geography and timing to regain relevance. In the current US-Iran standoff,...

After Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalated their involvement in the conflict, with two missiles fired toward Israel, international concerns continue to grow about the supply of oil to the world. The developments raise fresh fears...

Pakistan once again engages in a pointless spectacle that emphasises nuisance over substance. The propaganda-driven diplomacy aimed at preserving its declining strategic importance and handling backlash is nothing new. The current instance of Pakistan’s...

Saturday, March 27 protests were the third ‘No Kings’ protest against US President Donald Trump; the last one in October 2025 drew seven million people nationwide. At the recent “flagship” event in Minnesota’s Twin...

Trump waded into a war which he could have avoided. It was after three weeks into the conflict that Trump listed his war objectives. These included “degrading or destroying Iran's military, its defence infrastructure...

Missiles as the Core of Iran’s Deterrence Strategy: Iran’s missile arsenal represents one of the most extensive and operationally centralised strike capabilities in the Middle East. In the absence of a modern, survivable air...

US President Donald Trump’s U-turn on the Iran war - from his threat of launching massive attack on the Middle East country’s energy infrastructure if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz within...

A New Kind of Sunrise: “We’ve ordered food at midnight, binge-watched shows till sunrise, and summoned cabs in minutes. But what if, one day, you could open an app and simply… order sunlight?” It sounds absurd...

Pakistan has long portrayed its nuclear arsenal as the ultimate guarantor of its security against a conventionally superior India. Since conducting its first nuclear tests in 1998 (following India's tests that year), Islamabad has...

International law, it was considered, was the panacea to the egregious violations of human rights across the world. In that context, it evolved most definitely in the aftermath of World War II, particularly based...

Iran's approach to unmanned warfare has become the focal point of the global discourse regarding one-way assault drones. Iranian systems, particularly the Shahed-131 and Shahed-136, have illustrated the potential of inexpensive, mass-produced drones to...

There are moments in international politics when restraint holds more significance than action. The current crisis in the Gulf brings this question into sharp focus. This seems to be one of those moments. The...

The US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Iranian oil shipments already at sea, sparked online reactions, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked the move on X, writing: “Lifting sanctions on Iranian oil...