Stories by Ejaz Haider
The writer has an abiding interest in foreign and security policies and life’s ironies. He tweets @ejazhaider
While studying an ongoing war is crucial, it is important to remain wary of applying its lessons to every case.
Updated 13 Oct, 2026 10:52am
While the world has understandably focused on the genocide and destruction in Gaza, Zionist settler violence has deepened across
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:09am
Henry Kissinger deliberately misread the Greek soldier-historian by cherry-picking one realpolitik line to justify raw power and unilateralism
Updated 22 Aug, 2026 10:07am
As some question Iran's strategy, Ejaz Haider attempts to unpack the strategic logic that underpins Tehran's decisions.
Updated 06 Aug, 2026 05:30pm
It appears that the US-Iran situation cannot revert to the pre-war status quo ante. But can an inclusive regional order emerge in its place?
Updated 09 Jul, 2026 07:58pm
The undoing of the United States in the Iran war may be far more significant than its defeats in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Updated 02 Jun, 2026 03:34pm
As Washington and Tehran oscillated between escalation and diplomacy after the war imposed by the US and Israel on Iran, Pakistan
Published 26 Apr, 2026 08:07am
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?
Updated 17 Mar, 2026 04:55pm
The serpent is already in the garden and going by the Book of Genesis, he is an irrevocable part of the story of Man.
Published 09 Feb, 2026 03:12pm
US allies are now being treated like others were always treated in the Global SSouth.
Published 08 Feb, 2026 07:39am
History shows that organisational redesign alone cannot overcome the realities of conflict.
Published 15 Dec, 2025 01:58pm
The 27th Constitutional Amendment promises streamlined command across the military services by creating the Chief of Defence Forces post.
Updated 15 Dec, 2025 02:02pm
Beneath the surface lies the volatile reality of a state stretched thin due to hostile neighbours, and because of deepening crises within.
Updated 03 Nov, 2025 07:54pm
The plan cements Zionist occupation, institutionalises apartheid and legitimises genocide under the guise of diplomacy.
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 12:03pm
In the wake of May’s brief war between Pakistan and India, it is important to assess where we stand.
Updated 28 Sep, 2025 11:11am
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.
Updated 24 Aug, 2025 05:01pm
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.
Updated 29 Jun, 2025 11:01am
Pakistan did not operationalise its quid pro quo plus response this time; it must not just retaliate, it should preempt.
Updated 01 Jun, 2025 09:07pm
Why do India and Pakistan keep returning to this state of brinkmanship? Can India actually conduct a military strike against a nuclear Pakistan?
Updated 04 May, 2025 12:17pm
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.
Updated 27 Apr, 2025 10:04am
