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West Asia Defence, Security Landscape Undergoes Profound Transformation
The old framework of rigid alliances in West Asia is giving way to overlapping security partnerships, strategic hedging, internal military modernisation, and new calculations
THE...
Pakistan’s Peace Movement Challenges India’s Aspiration for Global Leadership
Pakistan’s emergence as a diplomatic intermediary between the US and Iran has introduced an unexpected variable into South Asia’s strategic equation
AT first glance, Pakistan’s...
Pope Leo vs President Trump
Pope Leo’s sharp criticism of war, sectarian manipulation and the political misuse of religion has cast fresh attention on the narratives shaping the US-Israel...
US-Iran Talks: The Elusive Peace Deal
'Unreasonable' US demands. scuppered talks in Islamabad to end the war in West Asia, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB says
AS expected, the United States and...
The Ceasefire Wobbles Down
WITH no side caring for the other side’s core demands, the proposed two-week ceasefire in the Israel–US war on Iran, which started just a...