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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, […]

India’s Old Batteries are a Strategic Reserve. Its Rules Let the Ore Walk Away

India’s festive upgrade season has an afterlife. As millions of new phones, laptops, scooters and appliances enter homes this month, the products they replace head somewhere else – and where they end up has quietly become a question of national strategy. Start with batteries, where the stakes are clearest. A September working paper from the […]

The Leftover Weapons Fuelling the TTP’s Terror Campaign Against Pakistan

I have lost count of the security briefings that end with the same picture: a table of weapons recovered from terrorists, laid out neatly for the cameras. For a long time I looked at them as evidence of an operation’s success. Lately, however, I have started looking at the markings. More and more of them […]

Leaked Letter Shatters Taliban Lies Over German Woman’s Abduction

A leaked document signed by Yar Mohammad Haqmal, Director of Consular Affairs at the Taliban regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and addressed to its Ministry of Interior, confirms that German citizen Monira Akbari was arrested in October 2026 for an unspecified offence and remains in Taliban detention. The document directly contradicts the Taliban regime’s denial […]