Opinion Articles

The May 2025 crisis between India and Pakistan demonstrated Pakistan’s ability to handle a high-tech, intensive military aggression without passing the nuclear threshold. By prioritizing targeted, restricted reprisal over significant escalation, …

THERE are moments in a nation’s history that come to define its institutional resilience, strategic posture and national cohesion. Marka-e-Haq – the Battle of Truth – represents one such moment …

In international relations, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests. John Mearshimer’s offensive realism explains the structural reality that capabilities matter more than intent. Today’s strategic partner …

It has been a year since Marka-e-Haq. What is still striking is not how bad the crisis was but how well Pakistan handled it. In a region where small incidents …

Despite speculations, it is not yet known when Iran and the United States (US) may resume negotiations, as both countries have hit a stalemate following the so-called first round in Islamabad. There …

In his “Ile Longue” speech on March 2, 2026”, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a message that will echo across European capitals for years to come. For the first time, …

On February 5, 2026, the formal expiration of the New START Treaty removed the final terrestrial guardrail of nuclear transparency between the United States and the Russian Federation, leaving global …

THE Indian nuclear establishment first adopted breeder reactors as part of a three-stage nuclear program that was put forth in the 1950s as a means of expanding nuclear power using …

Geopolitical crises rarely produce only short-term economic shocks. More often they reshape how governments think about long-term economic security and industrial resilience. A serious disruption in the Persian Gulf could …

On Sunday, the US Navy seized the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Touska. It happened in the middle of a US pressure campaign on Tehran after Washington had expanded blockade enforcement and warned that …