A Dark Future of Geopolitical Fragmentation Zohaib Hassan The world faces ongoing geopolitical turbulence, including conflicts, with 2023 marking the largest-ever single-year rise in forcibly displaced people. In addition to…
Taliban's Morality Law Promoting Virtue or Systematizing Gender Apartheid? Dr. Sidra Muqeet Recently, the Taliban announced a new law on the “Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” which imposes…
The Future Trajectories of the Middle East Dr. M. Usmani The developments in the Middle East after Oct. 7, 2023, have led to the emergence of a new insecurity wave…
Downsizing of the Bundestag Ayeza Fatima The German federal parliament, the Bundestag, is bursting at the seams. Although Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left coalition passed a bill to reduce its size…
Preventing and Resolving Conflicts Our collective security mechanisms have failed Iftikhar Chandio Throughout the history of humankind, no single issue has caused more trouble than war and conflict. But our…
A World on the Precipice History Forgotten is Bound to Repeat Itself ... and This Time in Reverse Juliana Gadgeva “May you live in interesting times”… This Chinese curse perhaps…
Strategic Minerals and REEs Ansar Hafeez As the world pivots towards sustainable energy sources, strategic minerals emerge as a prerequisite in the global green technology revolution. Their limited domestic availability…
Geopolitics Threatens Science and Societal Progress Ayesha Gill International cooperation and collaboration is the backbone of modern science. However, this collaboration is now threatened by the deepening tensions that define…
Understanding the SCO Syed Kamran Naqvi What is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization? The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation. The main objectives of the SCO are…
