Systemic failures have a way of demanding attention, no matter how aggressively a state attempts to curate its image on the global stage. The recent eruption of violent dissent in Uttar Pradesh, following similar fissures in Manipur and Odisha, serves as a visceral indictment of a governance model that prioritises hyper-nationalist rhetoric over the basic […]
A Credible Conduit
Pakistan’s growing diplomatic influence in the ongoing Middle East crisis has quietly but decisively altered the geopolitical mood, catching many observers off guard and forcing a reassessment of long-held assumptions about regional power hierarchies. At a moment when tensions between the United States and Iran risk spiralling into a wider confrontation, the emergence of Pakistan […]
India cannot Pretend its Way to Tech Power
The dawn of the third decade of the twenty-first century has firmly established Artificial Intelligence as the primary engine of global economic transformation, shifting the battlefield of geopolitical influence from traditional weaponry to algorithmic supremacy. For developing nations, this technological pivot represents a fleeting window of opportunity to bypass decades of industrial lag and leapfrog […]
Weaponising Afghan Mines and Minerals
Power in Afghanistan today is not measured by public consent or institutional authority, but by control over revenue streams that operate beyond law and scrutiny. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Taliban’s takeover of the mining sector, where gold and other strategic minerals have become instruments of domination rather than tools of recovery. Behind […]
Debunking Myths on Pakistan’s Gaza Mission
The world’s attention has once again turned to Gaza, where the devastation of war has left millions on the brink of survival. Amid global paralysis, Pakistan’s possible participation in an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) has ignited a debate not about humanitarian need, but about political misrepresentation. Propagandists, both domestic and foreign, have flooded digital spaces […]
Afghanistan Deserves Sanity
The story of Afghanistan is one that swings between conquest and collapse, between the dreams of sovereignty and the burdens of survival. It is a land where geography has never been a blessing and history has seldom been kind. Each generation of Afghans has inherited not just the mountains and valleys of their homeland, but […]
Resuscitating terror
For decades, the province of Balochistan has been caught between genuine socio-economic grievances and the manipulative exploitation of those grievances by militant outfits. The story has remained tragically similar across generations: issues like poverty, missing persons, and political marginalization have been real, yet rather than being solved through constructive dialogue, they were transformed into weapons […]
Godi Media and Nepal
In a region where borders are contested not only by maps but also by narratives, the voice of ordinary citizens often becomes the sharpest form of resistance. This has been demonstrated vividly in Nepal, where people have risen with remarkable clarity against the intrusive designs of Indian media outlets, particularly the Modi-aligned channels commonly labelled […]
The Cost of Selective Storytelling
Every conflict has two versions of truth: one rooted in lived realities and another crafted to deflect responsibility. When the BBC recently carried an interview with Mullah Yaqoob, Afghanistan’s Defence Minister, it chose to amplify the latter. The conversation was framed as an honest reflection of Kabul’s stance, but in essence, it became a platform […]
The alliance that silences
In today’s world, alliances are not always built only on trade or defense. Some are forged on shared ideas that can be dangerous when they target entire communities. The growing bond between the Modi government and Israel is one such example. What started as cooperation in technology and security has now become something deeper and […]