On the brink, again By Maleeha Lodhi
INDIA and Pakistan are back on the brink of a dangerous confrontation. Escalating tensions have pushed the subcontinent into uncharted …
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India must buy By Rafia Zakaria
WHILE the tragic attack in Pahalgam and escalation of tensions between Pakistan and India may have increased the prospects of war between …
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Gaza and AI warfare By Asad Baig
IN the early hours of a night in Gaza last October, an entire family was erased by what the Israeli …
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US-China trade game By Riaz Riazuddin
THE current US-China tariff tit-for-tat is a high-stakes game, not a war. While the phrase ‘trade war’ has long been used to …
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Chinese burn By Mahir Ali
ALMOST 70 years ago, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong dismissed the US as a “paper tiger”. He clarified that the …
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Hard Iran-US nuclear talks By Zahid Hussain
THE ongoing indirect nuclear talks between America and Iran are inching forward with the two sides agreeing to meet for …
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Unhinged America By Dr Niaz Murtaza
IT is scary to see a mad elephant run amok, ravaging tiny villages until it is tamed. It is more …
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The fallout By Maleeha Lodhi
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every country upended the global trading order and plunged markets into …
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Beyond globalisation By Haroon Sharif
FINALLY, it is happening through the US president’s executive orders — closure of USAID, the start of a tariff war to balance the …
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The new Trump order By Riaz Riazuddin
WITH one stroke of his pen, a day after April Fool’s Day, Trump left the entire world bewildered at his …
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Geopolitics of dams By Khurram Abbas
RECENTLY China has announced construction of the world’s largest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. India has criticised …
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Nether regions By F.S. Aijazuddin
HISTORY has been in love with Lahore since forever. It was not its only admirer. The Mughals remained enamoured of …
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Tariff crossfire By Khurram Husain
BY all accounts a world is ending and we don’t know what is going to replace it. For Pakistan this …
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Navigating trade barriers By Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
IN today’s complex global trade environment, Pakistan finds itself navigating between two competing demands: the Trump administration’s protectionist tariffs and …
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Trumpian delusion By Mahir Ali
PRELIMINARY judgement on any new US administration usually involves waiting for at least 100 days before holding it to account. …
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Hard or competent state? By Maleeha Lodhi
THERE are several aspects to the debate that has been going on in the media about a ‘hard state’. Why, …
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Will US attack Iran? By Touqir Hussain
IRAN is at its weakest moment externally since the Iran-Iraq war. Israel’s aggression in Lebanon and Gaza has critically wounded …
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A hard state? By Shahab Usto
THE recent in-camera civil-military huddle at Parliament House once again unfolded three conceptual cleavages that have rent apart the polity. One, the …
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