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Asif Haroon Raja In the wake of the steadily intensifying cross-border terrorism orchestrated by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) from Afghan soil into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and…
Seismic shifts in global and regional dynamics are taking place in the aftermath of the four-day India–Pakistan…
Updated Situation Report and Regional Implications(By: Nuzhat Nazar) What Has Happened So Far On 28 February 2026,…
Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the collapse of communism, the United States…
Nepal’s Gen-Z revolution was more than just a protest. It was a political earthquake that shook the…
Remittances have always been a vital source of foreign exchange for Pakistan, contributing significantly to the country’s…
Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), recently concluded his second visit to the United…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS), organized a seminar…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) Organized a Seminar…
Conducted by the Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) Date:22/2/2026…
The Centre for Development and Stability (CDS) organized and hosted…
Since the sudden regime change in Dhaka, the Indian political and military leaders, Indian media, academia and RAW are in…
“Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!”…
By Asif Haroon Raja After the 12-day war in June, in which the United States and Israel failed to achieve…
Pakistan is currently facing multiple crises, each more severe than the other. Some analysts affiliated with PTI advocate for reconciliation…
The Taiwan issue has become one of the most sensitive topics in world politics. It is not only a matter…
By: Asif Haroon Raja The June Israel–Iran war marked a critical inflection…
The prophets of doom were feeling depressed after seeing Pakistan earning kudos…
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…
(By: Nuzhat Nazar) What we are witnessing around Pakistan’s role in the Iran–US talks is no longer just occasional mediation.…
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