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Breaking Barriers- Women and Pakistan’s Security Future

For many years now Pakistan's traditional norms have constrained women to play in essentially auxiliary positions in national security, where they do not have...

Changing Global Order and New Patterns of Power

We are in an intriguing period right now, with several global political, economic, and social events taking place. The biggest changes in the world's political and economic power structures are those brought on by the East's comparative ascent and the West's comparative fall. These...

How Echo Chambers Shape Modern Discourse?

Living in an age where almost everything has gone digital, this environment is the...

India’s Soft Power Paradox

It could be argued that soft power is India’s strength, but in 2024, the...

UN Decries Arrest of Journalists as Press Freedom Worsens in Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed deep concern over the recent arrest...

Guiding Pathway: Egypt’s Hepatitis C Elimination Program

At a time, when the Government of Pakistan has finalized to initiate a massive...

Digital Apartheid in Kashmir – Silencing a Nation

Kashmir has never been a zone of political conflict, it has always been about...

Seniority and Transfer of High Court Judges Under Article 200 of the Constitution

The recent transfer of three judges from different High Courts to the Islamabad High...

A Holistic Approach to Economic Growth

High unemployment is one of the biggest challenges that have significant impacts on the state’s economy in general and the living standards of the...

Digital Apartheid in Kashmir – Silencing a Nation

Kashmir has never been a zone of political conflict, it has always been about...

Trump 2.0 and Challenges for Pakistan

The Trump 2.0 phenomenon has begun, and with it, the world has entered a...

Weaponizing Narratives: The Media in 5th Generation Warfare

In this era of 5th-generation warfare, the weaponization of perspectives is trending. It focuses...

Geopolitics

Will ECO Survive the Changing Regional Dynamics

Although the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) initiative was initially presented as a viable endeavor, its implementation in a region characterized by economic fragility, political...

Trump 2.0 and Challenges for Pakistan

The Trump 2.0 phenomenon has begun, and with it, the world has entered a...

Iran-Saudi Arabia Rapprochement: A Temporary Détente?

The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1859–1865) once stated that, “in international...

Digital Apartheid in Kashmir – Silencing a Nation

Kashmir has never been a zone of political conflict, it has always been about a more insidious, sophisticated kind of control, one that goes beyond military brutality and relies on weapons that never murmur but carry very real power—those of digital technologies. India’s systematic...

Bridging Continents from Addis Ababa to Islamabad

The start of the year 2025 marked a major development in the history of Pakistan's foreign relations with the key African nations, where Ethiopia...

Economy

Enhancing Domestic Consumption in the Face of Trump’s Tariffs

The imposition of tariffs by the first Trump administration on Chinese goods in 2018 marked a significant shift in US-China trade relations, unleashing a wave of economic uncertainty that reverberated across global markets. The tariffs were ostensibly aimed at correcting what the US deemed...

Pakistan’s Economic Potential with AI-Driven SME Growth

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the core lifeline of Pakistan’s economy, making around...

Economic Barriers and the Urgent Need for Structural Reforms

Pakistan's economy has faced severe challenges over decades. It is now on the verge...

The Rise and Fall of the Russian Economy

The Russian economy has always been of great interest to the international community because...

Pakistan’s Economic Crossroads: Will ‘Uraan’ Lead to Sustainable Growth?

The story of Pakistan's economy, from the beginning, has been almost influenced by the...

Military

UN Decries Arrest of Journalists as Press Freedom Worsens in Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed deep concern over the recent arrest of two employees of Radio Begum, a Kabul-based station dedicated...

Strategos at Sea : Pak Navy’s Triumphs and the Pursuit of Peace

The divine spark, or strategos, is essential in overcoming difficulties, whether in war or...

Policy Changes in the MTCR: Implications for South Asia

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is an informal and voluntary export control regime...

Weaponizing Narratives: The Media in 5th Generation Warfare

In this era of 5th-generation warfare, the weaponization of perspectives is trending. It focuses on influencing views and trust and operating in the psychological and technological areas as compared to conventional warfare involving both conventional and digital media which work to shape the perceptions...

Forced Flames: The Dark Saga of Female Bombers

Participation of females in insurgencies and even terrorism is nothing new in South Asia but in the specific context of Pakistan, particularly in Baluchistan,...

Technology

Weaponizing Narratives: The Media in 5th Generation Warfare

In this era of 5th-generation warfare, the weaponization of perspectives is trending. It focuses on influencing views and trust and operating in the psychological...

IAF’s Void for 5th Gen Aircraft Magnifies

Replicating Darwinian wisdom in strategic calculus, it goes without saying that it is neither...

Ethical AI: Balancing Innovation, Fairness, and Responsibility

Today Artificial Intelligence (AI) has pervaded almost every segment of people’s activity including health,...

From Orbit to Cyberspace: Building Bridges Through Diplomacy

Cyberspace is now an important field that has far-reaching consequences for international security, development, and diplomacy. This has been highlighted by the increasing instances of own and stored cyberspace threats aimed at Nations’ space assets as the global competition on global space real estate...

The Semiconductor Dream: Powering the Modern World

The semiconductor industry has always been known as the core that supports most modern technologies and is at the center of growth that is...