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By Asif Haroon Raja The Fallacy of Binary OutcomesSome analysts are advancing the theory that the US–Iran conflict can end only in either the total destruction of Iran or a…
As of early January 2026, ever-increasing rhetorical and diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan reflect a thickening…
Sadanand Dhume’s recent fabrication in “The Wall Street Journal”, attempting to compare Pakistan and Iran’s nuclear programs,…
In a time when global politics is facing extreme uncertainty, the recent high-level visit of Pakistan’s Chief…
Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has ordered Afghan traders to end…
Watching this video, one can ascertain the fixated mindset of the extremist Jews and their evil designs.…
The PTI and the cult followers are in a state of depression after the failure of their…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized 3 days…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS), organized a seminar…
PRESS RELEASE Islamabad, Pakistan – February 7, 2026 A high-level…
Press Release- Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) Islamabad, Pakistan…
Pakistan has made it clear that it will not accept any conditions set by Afghanistan, reaffirming that the only matter…
The SCO Summit hosted by Pakistan in Islamabad on 15-16 Oct was a mega event, in which ten PMs participated.…
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump’s recent high-profile tour of the Middle East covering Saudi Arabia,…
By Nuzhat Nazar Pakistan is once again navigating a complex strategic moment. On one side, tensions between Israel and Iran…
The forces of development and progress are locked in mortal combat with anti-development forces. The former are spearheaded by the…
The recently concluded strategic defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, signed…
The term BRIC was first coined by economist Jim O'Neill in 2001…
By Asif Haroon Raja The Fallacy of Binary OutcomesSome analysts are advancing the theory that the US–Iran conflict can end…
Asif Haroon Raja In the wake of the steadily intensifying cross-border terrorism orchestrated by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan…
Asif Haroon Raja Iran: Most Sanctioned Country Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has lived under the shadow of…
Given the back-to-back wars in June 2025 and February 2026, and the unresolved core disputes, it is highly doubtful that…
West Asia's Fragile Ceasefire Hangs by a Thread Asif Haroon Raja Trump had imposed a war on Iran on February…
When Time Becomes Iran’s Advantage and America’s Constraint (By: Nuzhat Nazar) The approaching end of the 60-day window under the…
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) With Abbas Araghchi now in Islamabad, and American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arriving in parallel,…
Ceasefire Extension, Hormuz Tensions, and the Emerging Strategic Deadlock Asif Haroon Raja Background Full-scale war broke out on February 28,…
By: Nuzhat Nazar The question is not whether the United States can fight a war with Iran. It clearly can.…
Asif Haroon Raja Current Strategic Landscape Tensions between the United States and Iran have once again approached a critical inflection…
By: Nuzhat Nazar For much of the post Cold War era, the United States did not have to choose between…
Pakistan has, once again, stepped into the global spotlight—this time not as a peripheral actor, but as a pivotal intermediary…
The current mission of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Asim Munir, to Tehran is a move born out…
With a naval blockade tightening in the Gulf and missile batteries shifting across Iran, the US–Iran standoff is no longer…
This "active neutrality" requires Islamabad to serve as a high-stakes courier, translating the rigid security requirements of Washington into a…
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