Nawazish Ali

The proxy warfare includes external support for a faction engaged in a civil war, national liberation movement, or assistance to a national revolt against foreign occupation. Proxy wars remain one of the major categories of conflicts that contribute to humanitarian crises around the world. Iran and Pakistan may be happy to have the US troops […]

Gone are the days when even a child in India, if asked about India’s best friend, would have blurted out, “Russia.” The old ties between New Delhi and Moscow have become the geopolitical equivalent of a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. Today, Modi has drawn India more closely than ever to […]

The dramatic swift victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan defied all prior analyses of the Afghanistan peace process. It has rekindled apprehensions about the possible spillover beyond Afghanistan borders. As news about the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul streamed on screens, a wave of jubilation swept through the Kashmir Valley. Kashmiris are gripped by a sense […]

Whatever the other reasons for war may be, there is always an economic motive underlying most conflicts, even if the stated aim of the war shared to the public is something nobler. Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, is a rich cradle of mineral and natural resources, including copper, lithium, rare earths, gold and crude oil pegged […]

India is scrambling to get on the good side of the Taliban after decades of backing up the previous Afghan regime. There is substantial fear in New Delhi that the return of the Taliban to power means the return of Pakistan-supported administration. The sudden fall of Kabul accelerates a fundamental realignment with Pakistan that was […]

The government of Ashraf Ghani in Kabul crumbled sooner than expected. The departure of the very forces that temporarily expelled both the Taliban and Al-Qaeda 20 years ago has come as a massive morale boost to anti-Western Jihadists all over the world. The withdrawal of US troops will affect Pakistan greater than any other country […]

Pakistan has always been at crossroads. At one end of the political spectrum, the country sits at a critical crossroads of global terrorism, while on the other end, its rivalry with the regional hegemon India has caused a plethora of issues. Historically, the US-Pakistan relations have largely followed a clientelistic pattern. The patron needed a […]

USA, by no means, is the first superpower to get bogged down in chaos and violence in Afghanistan, dubbed as “the graveyard of empires” for good reason. A serious political debate that who has lost the war in Afghanistan will go on for a long time. There ought to be a far more serious effort […]

Human civilisation has been changing the Earthsince forever with no heed to its detrimental impacts. Urbanisation, deforestation and dam construction alter water cycles and wind patterns; occasionally triggering droughts, even creating deserts. Since Pakistan’s population growing by over two per cent every year, many Pakistanis are flocking to big cities and towns, way faster than […]

Joe Biden has long been a critic of the war in Afghanistan and his decision to withdraw should not be a surprise. The Afghan war was initiated two decades ago not to rebuild a distant nation, but to prevent terror attacks like the one on September 11, 2001. The longest war in the US’s history […]