Region

It’s time to share power with the peripheries and let the core learn to live with changing realities of statecraft

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement strengthens Pakistan’s position as a net security provider, enhancing its political, strategic, and diplomatic clout. However, the pact brings with it a range of significant strategic challenges.

Pakistan is well positioned to emerge as a credible participant in the global REE industry, thanks to its abundant untapped rare earth resources, strategic geographic location, and growing international interest in diversifying critical mineral supply chains

The CJP phenomenon is not merely about a single minister or a single exam scandal. It is about a profound generational disillusionment that has been building for years.

The Teesta is no longer a purely bilateral dispute. With the BNP back in power and China’s proposal back on the table, Bangladesh should leverage India-China rivalry through a three-way water deal.

Can Tamil and Muslim political parties turn their temporary cooperation into sustained political bargaining that delivers meaningful democratic and constitutional change without further fragmenting Sri Lanka’s already divided opposition?

As the UK–Mauritius deal on Chagos edges toward implementation, a late objection from the Maldives is testing just how settled “settled” really is.

Five years of Taliban rule have brought Afghanistan a degree of stability, but at the cost of widespread human rights violations, systematic discrimination against women and girls, and the persecution of minorities

Pakistan’s political elite remains preoccupied with expanding their own privileges rather than addressing the country’s deepening crises

One of the most debated parts of the current IMF programme is how it extends reforms into areas often seen as matters of domestic governance

Pakistan continues to fail local government because those responsible for creating it often benefit from its absence

Pakistan’s friendship with China may be ‘higher than the Himalayas’ and ‘deeper than the oceans,’ but the economic returns remain surprisingly shallow. It’s time to reset the relationship.

The monsoon season in Pakistan is no longer defined by how much rain it brings, but by the growing unpredictability of where, when and how it falls

Meaningful action could help rebuild trust, foster empathy and national solidarity, and begin restoring the fractured relationship between Balochistan and the federation

A political alliance between the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) would represent a major ideological and cultural shift in India’s political landscape

Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) have long served as the foundation for dialogue between Pakistan and India. However, without trust and a shared commitment to honour these measures, meaningful talks between the two rivals are unlikely to progress beyond rhetoric.

The real challenge is whether Dhaka can continue engaging all major powers while preserving the strategic autonomy that has long underpinned its foreign policy

Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH) philosophy has earned global admiration for prioritising people over prosperity. However, the kingdom is being forced to reconcile its ideals with hard realities amid mounting economic pressures and rapidly shifting regional dynamics.

A tense tug-of-war is unfolding between Nepal’s new government and its “Permanent Government”—the bureaucracy that has outlasted successive administrations, political upheavals, and repeated attempts at reform

Will the recent sexual abuse allegations against a Buddhist monk prove to be a turning point for Sri Lanka, or merely another scandal absorbed into silence?

The launch of National Security Strategy by Ikram Sehgal brought together eminent speakers to discuss his latest book and his contributions to Pakistan’s national security discourse