It seems that when it comes to armed conflict, 2025 is a gift (pun intended) that keeps on giving! Now how about this for an unfortunate twist of events? No sooner the fast paced India – Pakistan conflict ended on May 10, three weeks later Israel attacked Iran – a technological Goliath taking aim at…
International politics is the home ground of the wheeling-dealing elite where strategic ambiguity, propaganda, and national interest frequently intersect. With the curse of fake news around our necks, the question of whether truth matters is both timely and complex. While truth is the cornerstone of democratic accountability and reality of existence, it often takes a…
Once upon a time in a land – where everything accompanies a side orders of fries, where bald eagles soar and where balding reality TV stars become presidents – a courageous, orange-tinged warrior rose to the highest office in the land. His mission? Should he choose to accept, and he did! To protect the American…
Every day the country hits a new low. The sad incident involving the hijacking of the Jaffar Express and subsequent actions including a cleanup operation is the latest in a long list of lows! And that too at a scale that hasn’t been seen in the past. While it is commendable the way LEAs have…
Say what you may about Donald Trump, he keeps things interesting! From signing a plethora of executive orders to planning to take over countries to firing federal employees and effectively shutting down USAID – all is par for the course, pun intended. Just like in 2018, the second stint of President Donald Trump has kicked…
As we welcome 2025 and start the New Year with a bang – there is hope that this year Pakistan will outshine the previous year, this year missing will be the ones who passed away and not the ones who are still alive, this year the naysayers will be proven wrong and the soothsayers will…
According to the Gospel of John, Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, had died and been buried for four days when Jesus arrived in Bethany. Moved by the grief of Lazarus’s sisters, Jesus went to the tomb of Lazarus and instructed the people to remove the stone covering the entrance. Then, after praying to…
The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a significant escalatory event during the Vietnam War that involved two separate confrontations between the United States and North Vietnam in August 1964. First on August 2 – when the USS Maddox, a U.S. Navy destroyer, was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats while conducting an intelligence patrol in…
Recent events have put the nature of foreign policy in the spotlight once again. There has been a glut of noise – especially from the esteemed social media brigade – against foreign policy options that lack emotions, empathy and morality! Generally social media opinions are nonsensical at best but this one is worthy of discourse….
Dear Pakistan, From the start, let me apologise for writing to you after such a long time. Things have been hectic. This is not to say that your life has been a walk in the park either! I still remember what a proud moment it was when you were born. Congratulations poured in from across…
