South Asian Factories Should Know Which Tests Travel
A joint regional register of accepted test results under SARSO and WTO TBT agreements could cut export friction and redundant laboratory testing for South Asian manufacturers.
Pakistan Rejects Kenyan Meth Claim as Preliminary Findings Outrun the Evidence
ISLAMABAD and MOMBASA — On a Monday morning in Mombasa, Kenya’s Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, stood behind rows of sealed sacks and told reporters that 454 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine, valued at about Sh3.6 billion ($27 million), had been seized days earlier in Kwale County. Preliminary investigations, he said, pointed to Pakistan as […]
Central Asia and CPEC: Corridor to the Network
Can the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor provide Central Asia\u2019s landlocked republics a reliable path to the Arabian Sea? Beyond physical infrastructure, success hinges on open borders, customs integration, and predictable transit networks.
Brinkmanship and Shrinking Diplomatic Space
The chief commander of Iran’s IRGC, Major General Ahmad Vahidi has warned that even the slightest act of aggression against Iran will be met with devastating and painful strikes. Iran is not the only one which is using this kind of aggressive rhetoric. “In one day, their bridges are gone. And in one day, their […]
Cropped Picture, Paid Narrative – The Gary Cartwright Story
Gary Cartwright @gcartwright001, editor of EU Today and former Royal Air Force Air photography operator, seems to have brought his old profession into journalism: choosing the angle, cropping out inconvenient realities and selling the edited picture. Pakistan, according to him, deserves relentless scrutiny over GSP+. Fine! but Gary, where is that same energy for India? […]
Beyond the “New Normal”: Evolution of Deterrence Stability in South Asia
The security dynamics of South Asia are in a continuous flux, especially in the aftermath of last year’s military stand-off (May 2025 Indo-Pak conflict). The four-day intense conflict, despite Indian aspirations to wage a large-scale conventional war under the nuclear overhang, was the prime example of the decisiveness of nuclear deterrence at play in calming […]
Taiwan Says A Chinese Submarine Fired An ICBM During Unannounced Drills
Taiwan Says A Chinese Submarine Fired An ICBM During Unannounced Drills The source is anonymous and the claim is unverified. A senior Taiwanese security official, speaking anonymously to Reuters, said a Chinese submarine launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Yellow Sea into the Chinese mainland. The launch reportedly took place during a large, unannounced […]
Pakistan’s Call for Climate Justice Grants
Climate change is fast becoming a global issue which any country could not afford to ignore without facing serious consequences. This is also an issue which exposes the glaring contradiction in the existing international order: States and countries which are contributing only marginally to global greenhouse gas emissions are the ones most vulnerable to environmental […]
Challenges to Nuclear Deterrence
Since 1945, there has been no war with nuclear weapons, and there has been no direct conflict between two major powers in possession of nuclear weapons. To proponents of nuclear deterrence, these two facts may offer a compelling case, because according to them, nuclear weapons have made war among great powers too expensive. Nuclear pessimists, […]