The Grand Chessboard
The Grand Chessboard From Caracas to Tehran, Beijing is the strategic objective Dr. M. Usmani Following the brazen January raid that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and the subsequent US-Israeli…
The Grand Chessboard From Caracas to Tehran, Beijing is the strategic objective Dr. M. Usmani Following the brazen January raid that captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and the subsequent US-Israeli…
US Wars Since 2001 A Look at the Human and Economic Costs M. Bilal Butt Since the attacks on New York and the US capital on September 11, 2001, the…
Hexagon of Alliances A structure for permanent confrontation, not peace In late February this year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a new geopolitical idea to form a new regional…
US-Israel War on Iran Mariam Ghaffar On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel initiated "Operation Epic Fury," a massive, coordinated military campaign against Iran. The campaign has targeted…
US-India Trade Deal Muhammad Sheraz Quick on the heels of the conclusion of India's long-drawn-out trade negotiations with the EU, the US and India have announced a trade deal that…
India -EU FTA The implication of the “mother of all deals” for Pakistan Dr. Mahjabeen Qureshi On Jan. 27, the European Union and India reached a landmark free trade deal…
Rare Earths, Great Power Politics … and Pakistan's opening in a contested supply chain Saba Asghar Bhutta Rare earth elements (REEs) are not a single mineral, but a family of…
The US National Defense Strategy Focus shifts away from China Shafqat Javed The US Department of War (DoW) recently published its 2026 National Defence Strategy, which signals arguably the single…
US withdraws from UN Organizations Syed Kamran On January 7, 2026, President Trump withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations, as part of his administration's review of wasteful, ineffective…