Fifty years on, the bomb has stopped exploding, but the questions it left behind have not. The newly released records deepen the evidence surrounding Pinochet’s alleged role, while the most consequential findings
The joint statement issued after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s May 23-26 visit to China was not merely another ceremonial reaffirmation of friendship between Islamabad and Beijing. It reflected something deeper: the steady evolution of
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For decades, Balochistan’s separatist insurgency remained overwhelmingly male. Armed groups operated through tribal networks, clandestine cells and remote mountain sanctuaries, while women largely remained outside direct militant activity. Even within nationalist politics, female
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The growing effort to pull Pakistan into Middle Eastern normalization politics reflects a wider strategic tension emerging across the region: the widening disconnects between externally promoted diplomatic frameworks and political realities inside
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Norway expecting to reinforce India’s growing engagement with the Nordic region through trade, green technology cooperation and strategic diplomacy. Instead, his Oslo visit became overshadowed by protests
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As tensions involving Iran, Israel and the United States continue to reshape the Middle East, Pakistan is quietly positioning itself as one of the few countries capable of maintaining communication across rival
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates was officially framed around energy cooperation, investment expansion and strategic connectivity. Yet beneath the language of economic partnership lies a broader
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For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty stood as one of the few durable institutional arrangements between India and Pakistan. Signed in 1960 after extensive World Bank mediation, the agreement
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In modern conflicts, wars are no longer fought only on battlefields. They are increasingly fought through narratives, international reporting, digital information campaigns and competing claims over legitimacy. Civilian casualty reporting has become
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The brief but intense India–Pakistan confrontation of May 2025 will likely be remembered not only for military exchanges or cross-border strikes, but for something equally significant: the contest over narrative, credibility and
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India’s latest dispute with Bangladesh over alleged “illegal immigrants” has exposed growing contradictions between New Delhi’s regional rhetoric and its actual conduct toward neighbouring states. For years, India has presented itself as
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Reports that a Chinese company was “exiting” Gwadar spread rapidly online, but the claim collapsed almost as quickly as it emerged. The controversy surrounding Hangeng Trade Company involved temporary regulatory hurdles affecting
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Air forces are the primary military branches responsible for conducting air warfare, securing air superiority and projecting power through fighters, bombers and reconnaissance platforms. In contemporary air warfare, victory is no longer
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In today’s strategic landscape, influence isn’t shaped only by military strength or economic weight. Increasingly, it is built through narratives-formed, circulated, and contested across digital spaces that don’t recognize borders. In that
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India’s rise on the global stage is no longer debated. Over the past decade, New Delhi has steadily positioned itself as a consequential actor combining economic ambition with expanding strategic reach. Its
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The two-week ceasefire between the United States, Iran and Israel, announced by Donald Trump just hours before a self-imposed escalation deadline, has paused a 39-day conflict that had moved with unusual speed
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