South Asia Times

Diplomacy & geopolitics

Dragon At The Crossroads: Debunking The Narrative of Chinese Hegemony

Muhammad Mahad Samija July 3, 2026

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Trump’s G7 Remarks on Afghanistan Reveal a Transactional Power Calculus That the Taliban Has Quietly Accepted

SAT Commentary June 18, 2026

Representation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding implementation process with Pakistan supporting technical and diplomatic tracks between the United States and Iran

Islamabad MoU Enters Implementation Phase as Pakistan’s Diplomacy Transitions from Political Breakthrough to Structured Peace Architecture

SAT Editorial Desk June 18, 2026

UK Under-Secretary Hamish Falconer in Islamabad. Source: Dawn

UK Endorsement Validates Pakistan’s Stance on Afghan Sanctuaries

SAT Commentary June 17, 2026

Months of quiet diplomacy in Tehran, Islamabad and Beijing helped end the US-Iran standoff and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

How Pakistan Talked Washington and Tehran Off the Brink

SAT Editorial Desk June 15, 2026

Banned JAAC’s Audio Leak Exposes the Violence Behind the Veil of Peaceful Protest

SAT Commentary June 13, 2026

UNSC chamber New York where Pakistan China BLA sanctions proposal was blocked

How Great-Power Rivalry Broke the UN Sanctions Regime

SAT Editorial Desk June 11, 2026

From Ukraine to Gwadar, from a map drawn in 1904 to Pakistan's Arabian Sea coastline, classical geopolitics never stopped running the world.

From Ukraine to Gwadar, How Geography is Reshaping World Order

Haleema Khalid June 10, 2026

Once separated by Cold War rivalries and competing alliances, Pakistan and Russia are increasingly finding common ground in energy, connectivity, counterterrorism, and regional diplomacy, symbolized by their national flags displayed together.

Pakistan, Russia, and the Architecture of a New Eurasia

Salman Javed June 9, 2026