Pakistan has emerged as an important diplomatic player in the recent Gulf crisis. With the support of regional states, it is trying to position itself as a bridge between competing …
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Iran’s nuclear program has long been a focal point of global concern, with Western powers especially anxious about Tehran crossing the nuclear threshold. Understanding the evolution of Iran’s nuclear strategy …
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AI Safety Must Anchor Global Governance after the Gulf Crisis
by Nimra Javedby Nimra JavedAt the New Delhi AI summit in February 2026, the politics of global AI governance shifted in a noticeable way. The Delhi Declaration emphasized inclusion, access, development, and the equitable …
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Will States Be Able to Regulate Autonomous Weapons? An Assessment of CCW Debates on LAWS
by M. Ali Baigby M. Ali BaigThe question of a regulatory framework for Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) has been under discussion for a long time. The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) were gathered in Geneva …
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Kashmir Conflict, State and Societylatest
Kashmir at Seventy-Eight: A Geography of Silence, A History of Betrayal
There are conflicts that scar maps, and then there are those that scar the conscience of humanity. Kashmir belongs to the latter. For seventy-eight years, its valleys have not only …
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Israel–US War with Iran: Beginning of another Protracted Regional Violent Conflict?
Recent US-Israel attacks on Iran, code-named Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury, have sharply escalated regional tensions. Thousands of strikes have reportedly targeted Iranian leadership, military assets, and civilian infrastructure, …
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Arms control debates rarely feel urgent until a crisis forces them into relevance. Yet the latest report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Scientific Advisory Board’s Temporary …
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India’s “New Normal” Meets Reality
by Abdul Basitby Abdul BasitIndia’s claim of having imposed a “new normal” in South Asia began on the night of February 26, 2019, when Indian aircraft violated Pakistan’s airspace near Balakot under the pretext …
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International Women’s Day and the Resilience of Kashmiri Women: From Lal Ded to Contemporary Voices
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8 as a global occasion dedicated to honoring the women’s rights movement and raising awareness about important issues such as gender …
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Global Nuclear Order and Geopoliticslatest
The Emerging Astro Nuclear Disorder
by Moneeb Mirby Moneeb MirFor most of the nuclear age, something resembling order prevailed. It was never a comfortable order, the logic of mutually assured destruction was always one of managed terror but it …