Geopolitics

Abstract illustration showing a human head silhouette with a ballot checkmark on one side and a separate puzzle piece held by another hand on the opposite side, symbolizing the disconnect between personal and national politics.

Why Individual Politics Shouldn’t Overcome National Politics

Khalisa Huseynova July 9, 2025

In the 2020s, something quietly but profoundly shifted in global politics. Across countries rich and...

A digital illustration of a weighing scale with the U.S. flag on one side and the U.N. flag on the other, beneath a globe marked with a nuclear prohibition symbol—representing global imbalance and critique of the NPT.

Global Double Standards: NPT’s Credibility on Trial

Sher Bano July 5, 2025

In today’s unstable world, NPT is one legal framework that has remained fragile yet vital...

A conceptual digital illustration showing India’s growing influence over international organizations, with arrows pointing from the Indian flag toward the FATF emblem on a global map.

Indian bid to influence International Organizations: The Case of FATF

Saif Ul Haq June 29, 2025

After shamelessly violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan while attacking civilians, and destroying...

A conceptual illustration showing Pakistan at the center of a balancing scale, with Iran’s flag on one side and Israel’s flag on the other. Behind the scale, maps of Iran, Pakistan, and India are visible, with a missile launching from India, symbolizing escalating regional tensions.

Strategic Balancing in a Turbulent Triangle: Pakistan’s Diplomatic Strategy Amid Regional Escalation

Javeria Irshad June 23, 2025

In line with the recent tensions between Israel and Iran where both actors have launched...

Mobile missile launch vehicles and rockets lifting off in a mountainous landscape alongside the North Korean flag and military personnel, symbolizing North Korea’s survivable and mobile missile capabilities.

Survivable and Mobile: Why North Korea’s Missile Force Is Harder to Deter Than Before

Alam Nawaz June 18, 2025

For much of the past two decades, deterrence on the Korean Peninsula relied on a...

A digital illustration depicting India and Pakistan in their national colors, with a fighter jet launching a missile from India towards Pakistan, symbolizing military aggression and conflict.

Preemption or Provocation?

Asadullah Raisani June 14, 2025

On April 22, four terrorists opened fire on tourists in Pahalgam, in the Indian Illegally...

A digital illustration showing a rocket launching on the left side, divided by barbed wire from Earth, documents labeled "National Policies," and a red book on the right side, set against a starry space background.

Battling the iron curtain of space capitalism through national policies

Muhammad Hamza Chaudhary June 12, 2025

As the world struggles to fight its battles with the horrifying terrors of looming nuclear...

Mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion on the left side and the Indian national flag on the right side, symbolizing the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.

Revisiting India’s Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests of 1998: Reality Beyond the Rhetoric

Sana Ahmed June 12, 2025

India’s May 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests, though hailed domestically as a bold assertion of strategic...

A collection of nuclear warheads with radiation symbols, positioned in front of the Indian national flag and a missile, set against a world map background.

Alarming Increase in Stockpile of India’s Nuclear Weapons: Regional and Global Implications

Iraj Abid June 1, 2025

According to the 2023 and 2024 yearbooks of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the...

A digital painting shows a large armored man symbolizing a powerful state facing a smaller, confident man with a shield bearing Pakistan’s crescent and star, against a backdrop of South Asia's map.

A regional Bully has been humbled

Javeria Irshad May 31, 2025

Repetitive aggressive behavior and exercise of power that is intentional and involves an imbalance of...