In a significant diplomatic development, India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with the interim Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Amir Khan Muttaqi, on May 15. Coming on the heels of Operation Sindoor – India’s retaliatory strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack – the EAM reiterated […]

The 2025 White Paper China’s National Security in the New Eraappears to be a major turn in how the People’s Republic of China envisions its security matrix. Released by the State Council Information Office on 12 May 2025, this document outlines a sweeping redefinition of national security. Moving far beyond the traditional confines of military defence, the White Paper introduces […]

On May 21, 2025, the people of Khuzdar woke to one of the most heinous acts of terrorism in Pakistan’s recent memory. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a school bus carrying children to a military-run educational institution. The attack killed at least five people, including three innocent children, and injured over fifty others. For Pakistan, this was […]

A strong opposition to Türkiye in India over the last several weeks has caught the eye of many in the region and abroad. According to reports, Türkiye supporting Pakistan in the last India-Pakistan conflict triggered a number of actions, including stopping business trade, issuing warnings for tourists, and launching joint political steps. There is more at stake than diplomatic friction. […]

The problems Central Asian migrant workers pose for Russia have long caused many in Russia to want them to leave, but the challenges these same people represent for their own countries have not drawn the same attention. Many assume that payments sent home by migrant workers and the positive effects of emigration on Central Asian overpopulation and unemployment make migrant […]

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has redefined the dynamics of bilateral relations with Pakistan. In this, he has unveiled a strategic framework for his approach to countering terrorism coming from the Pakistani deep state, including the Army and the spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). The new strategy is anchored in three vectors: political, military, and psychological[1]. Each of these […]

Egypt rejects repeated Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty and its occupation of parts of the country, and supports Lebanon’s reconstruction efforts, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday as he received a visit in Cairo from his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun. The two leaders discussed ways in which bilateral relations might be strengthened and Egypt can support stability in Lebanon, as […]

Even the need for transition – just to be clear – has only just begun to be recognised in the U.S. For the European leadership however, and for the beneficiaries of financialisation who haughtily lament Trump’s ‘storm’ unwisely unleashed on the world, his base economic theses are ridiculed as bizarre notions completely divorced from economic ‘reality’. That is completely untrue. […]

Alright, when most folks think about Pakistan and its fight against terrorism, that one big event – Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad – usually comes to mind, right? And no doubt, that moment put Pakistan under a huge global microscope. But here’s the thing: if that’s all we focus on, we’re missing a much bigger, more tangled story of how […]

On May 10, India and Pakistan agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire following the Pahalgam terror attack in India and consequent military escalation from both sides. India’s Operation Sindoor, a retaliatory measure against cross-border terror groups following the terror attack, indicates the swiftly altered nature of New Delhi’s response: a nuanced, calibrated, and multi-dimensional punitive response to the state-sponsored terrorism. The […]