Maleeha Lodhi
An uneasy truce prevails between India and Pakistan with dim prospects of any diplomatic re-engagement.
Updated 19 May, 2025 08:58am
India's military brinkmanship had to stop well short of Pakistan’s known nuclear red lines.
Updated 12 May, 2025 08:32am
The question is whether there are any favourable factors in play today that can halt the ongoing escalation and avert a head-on clash.
Updated 05 May, 2025 09:13am
Escalating tensions have pushed the region into uncharted territory and towards a full-blown crisis.
Updated 28 Apr, 2025 08:56am
Pakistan’s challenges need effective and visionary leaders to tackle them and break from the past.
Updated 21 Apr, 2025 08:50am
Faced with an untrustworthy trade partner in the US, the economic imperative for countries would be to pursue trade diversion.
Updated 14 Apr, 2025 08:52am
Coercive actions do not "harden" the state but harden public opinion against the power elite.
Updated 07 Apr, 2025 09:09am
Pakistan’s foreign service has long needed reform to be able to adapt to global changes and leverage opportunities in a more multipolar world.
Published 31 Mar, 2025 05:48am
Low-level diplomatic engagement cannot produce a thaw in frozen ties.
Updated 24 Mar, 2025 09:25am
As in the past, the US under Trump is underestimating the power of nationalism across the world.
Updated 17 Mar, 2025 08:51am
Communication technology has brought untold benefits but also involved harmful repercussions.
Updated 10 Mar, 2025 09:29am
Benign disengagement between Pakistan and the US may be the best option for now.
Updated 03 Mar, 2025 08:37am
Only a visionary and reformist leadership can seize opportunities and deliver competent governance.
Updated 24 Feb, 2025 09:58am
Governance by the ruling coalition has been underwhelming and marked by growing authoritarianism.
Updated 17 Feb, 2025 09:44am
A multipolar world will not so easily bend to Washington’s will with America’s primacy eroding.
Updated 10 Feb, 2025 09:37am
A return to confrontational politics and political turmoil will have enormous costs for the country’s economic and political stability.
Updated 03 Feb, 2025 08:46am
Annexation of even part of the West Bank by Israel will be a deal breaker.
Updated 27 Jan, 2025 09:56am
Will Trump’s foreign policy be destabilising for the world as is being widely anticipated?
Updated 20 Jan, 2025 08:29am
Neither side wants a breakdown in relations, so diplomatic re-engagement is a compulsion.
Updated 13 Jan, 2025 09:07am
Pakistan has to meet challenges in an unstable global environment and fraught regional setting.
Updated 06 Jan, 2025 09:11am
