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From Achakzai to Mahrang: Pakistan’s War on Democratic Dissent

If anything, the present nexus between the military establishment and the toothless civilian leadership has shown that it is difficult

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Beyond the ‘All-Weather’ Myth: Why China-Pakistan Geo-Economics Is Faltering

On the one hand, Pakistan keeps China entangled by highlighting the potential of the CPEC; on the other, it abides

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Resource-Rich, Rights-Poor: The Paradox of Balochistan

In its efforts to woo foreign investment and overhaul its image, Pakistan is trying to sell the natural resources of

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Balochistan: Pakistan’s Open Secret and the World’s Quiet Failure

Some disappeared are released, broken by torture. Some are formally charged. Some are killed and their bodies dumped. Some human

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From Denial to Exposure: How Operation Sindoor Unmasked Pakistan

The international community has, for too long, accepted Pakistan’s victim narrative at face value. The reasoning has often been geopolitical.

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Crisis Broker vs. Long Game: India, Pakistan, and the Illusion of Mediation Power

The broker gets the headline. Whether the broker shapes the outcome is a different matter entirely. Every few years, usually

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China’s Cartographic Offensive on Three Fronts—and What It Means for India

India has tended to treat each episode as a bilateral matter, protest, and move on. On April 10, 2026, China’s

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Dhaka’s Verdict: Why Pakistan’s Islamist Gamble Backfired

The Yunus-led interim government provided fertile ground for Pakistan to manoeuvre this policy. When Sheikh Hasina was removed from office

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From Political Vacuum to Islamist Resurgence: Bangladesh’s 13th National Election

The secret dealing refereed here is the recent Washington Post report that exposed that US diplomats, behind close doors, have

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OPINION: Revisiting Operation Sindoor Post Fog of War

India did not try to completely control the airspace, and it did not keep up the pressure forever. The crisis

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