As Washington and Tehran oscillated between escalation and diplomacy after the war imposed by the US and Israel on Iran, Pakistan
Published26 Apr, 202608:07am
As air power collides with geopolitical reality, the only certainty is that this conflict will permanently scar the Middle East. How did we get here and what happens next?
Updated17 Mar, 202604:55pm
The 27th Constitutional Amendment promises streamlined command across the military services by creating the Chief of Defence Forces post.
Updated15 Dec, 202502:02pm
Beneath the surface lies the volatile reality of a state stretched thin due to hostile neighbours, and because of deepening crises within.
Updated03 Nov, 202507:54pm
Ejaz Haider explains why this idea was always a red herring in the face of recalcitrant Zionism, violent apartheid and engineered Palestinian bantustans and why the improbable — a single, just state — may be Palestine’s only future.
Updated24 Aug, 202505:01pm
Following Israel’s unprovoked aggression against Iran, the brief but brutal war that followed and the American attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Ejaz Haider unpacks what ramifications this has for regional peace and security, for global nuclear non-proliferation and especially for Pakistan.
Updated29 Jun, 202511:01am
Why do India and Pakistan keep returning to this state of brinkmanship? Can India actually conduct a military strike against a nuclear Pakistan?
Updated04 May, 202512:17pm
The issue of how to deal with the insurgency and dissent in Balochistan continues to divide people and often elicits the most entrenched, if not predictable, responses.
Updated27 Apr, 202510:04am
In the wake of near daily attacks on security forces and civilians in Balochistan and KP, it is evident that Pakistan needs to reassess its strategy vis-à-vis counterinsurgencies in both provinces.
Updated30 Mar, 202512:49pm
The spectacle of the verbal spat between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was stark evidence of a tectonic shift in longstanding US foreign policy on Ukraine, Russia, Europe and Nato.
Updated16 Mar, 202510:39am
In a series of inflammatory statements, US President Donald Trump has proposed a ‘radical reimagining’ of Gaza — one that involves forcibly relocating its Palestinian population and transforming the enclave into "prime real estate."
Updated17 Feb, 202502:13pm
The recent strikes by Pakistan on TTP sanctuaries inside Afghanistan have inflamed Afghan rhetoric once again about sovereignty.
Updated20 Oct, 202501:35pm
The recent strikes by Pakistan on TTP sanctuaries inside Afghanistan have inflamed Afghan rhetoric once again about sovereignty.
Updated13 Jan, 202501:11pm
Will Donald Trump’s second stint as US president be any different
from his first stint in office? While Americans are more concerned with his
domestic policies, people around the world are, understandably, wondering
how his foreign policies will impact them. Ejaz Haider explores what the
maverick populist’s global priorities might be and whether the world can
expect any radical shifts.
Updated17 Nov, 202406:45pm
