During the height of the Israel-Iran confrontation, Benjamin Netanyahu once again returned to his most familiar refrain: that peace in the Middle East-and by extension global stability-requires “regime change” in Iran. It was not a new idea, nor even a new sentence. It was the same narrative he had relentlessly promoted against Saddam Hussein, Muammar […]
Trump’s War Paradox
Donald Trump has long styled himself as a man of peace, a leader determined to end America’s “forever wars.” Yet the reality of his second term tells a very different story. From Africa to the Middle East to the Caribbean, U.S. military power is being projected more aggressively than at any time in recent years, […]
America Falls Victim to Its Own Pre-Emptive Doctrine
The doctrine of preventive and pre-emptive strike, once defended as a tool to neutralise danger, has instead evolved into one of the most destabilising forces of the modern era. It was misused in Iraq, misapplied in Afghanistan, refined by Israel across the Middle East, and has now begun reshaping U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere […]
Can Eastern and Western Canada Ever Bridge the Divide?
Canada is often celebrated as one of the most diverse, modern, and tolerant nations in the world. This country welcomes millions of immigrants from South Asia, China, Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, and Africa. These communities have enriched Canada’s social fabric, strengthened its workforce, and reshaped its major cities into multicultural hubs that symbolise coexistence […]
America in Deadlock
The United States has once again entered a government shutdown, now in its third day, revealing both the fragility of its political system and the deep divisions between its ruling parties. For many Americans, the words “government shutdown” have become all too familiar, yet the implications remain complex and far-reaching. At its core, a shutdown […]
The Stranger That Stirred the Solar System
When news first broke that a foreign body, nicknamed Atlas, had drifted into our solar system from the deep unknown, the story ignited imaginations across the world. Unlike the countless comets and asteroids that pass silently and obediently under the rule of gravity, Atlas appeared to resist the script of physics, straying from expected trajectories, […]
Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan
Against the backdrop of a devastated Gaza, a bleeding West Bank, and an Israel straining under both military and political pressure, Trump unveiled his 21-point Gaza peace plan. What seemed, at first glance, a humanitarian intervention quickly revealed itself to be one of the most strategic and far-sighted moves of his presidency-a move that simultaneously […]
Trump Wants Bagram Base Back to Protect Israel
We begin with a prayer for sound judgment and for the protection of innocent lives: May those who hold the levers of power choose restraint over rashness, and may the suffering of ordinary families be spared the thunder of renewed war. President Trump’s recent declaration that the United States “wants [Bagram] back” – and his […]
Israel and the US Moving to Erase Palestine
I write this with a heaviness that feels like stone in the chest, because the truth is no longer hiding in the fog of diplomacy. Israel and the United States are not inching toward a terrible conclusion; they are sprinting. What the world is watching, in slow horror and helpless disbelief, is the deliberate erasure […]
Pakistan’s Big Break
During the Biden administration, India rose from the status of an ordinary bilateral trade partner to the position of a “strategic partner” and “most favored nation” in the eyes of Washington. Biden’s White House envisioned India as a counterweight to China’s growing influence in Asia and beyond, pumping extraordinary political, economic, and strategic support into […]