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Diplomacy & geopolitics

Children sitting in the back of a truck during their displacement from areas witnessing an escalation in hostilities in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Cries of Palestinians: The Human Cost of Conflict and Pakistan’s Principled Diplomatic Stand

SAT Commentary May 25, 2026

Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza.

Palestine’s Enduring Humanitarian Crisis: Pakistan’s Firm Commitment to Justice and International Law

SAT Commentary May 25, 2026

Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran for high-level talks to advance diplomatic initiatives.

Pakistan’s Pivotal Role in Bridging Divides: Field Marshal Asim Munir’s ‘highly productive’ Iran visit

SAT Commentary May 24, 2026

Trump became the third US president

Is America Heading Towards WW3?

Dr. Bilal Zubair May 21, 2026

People express solidarity with Palestinian people and to protest against Israel, during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan and Palestine: Navigating Morality and Realpolitik in the Middle East

SAT Commentary May 20, 2026

Strategic Stability And Deterrence In South Asia

The Architecture of Restraint: How Nuclear Deterrence Preserves Peace in South Asia

SAT Commentary May 19, 2026

Pakistan nuclear scientist Dr. Samar Mubarakmand alongside Dr. Ishfaq Ahmed and Minister of Information Mushahid Hussain, in front of the hill under which Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests in May 1998

The Architecture of Survival: Youm-e-Takbeer and Pakistan’s Full-Spectrum Deterrence

SAT Commentary May 16, 2026

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan announced that it had successfully conducted five nuclear tests

The Silent Sentinel—Why Pakistan Chose the Nuclear Path

SAT Commentary May 15, 2026

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump walking side-by-side during a formal diplomatic event in Beijing.

Red Carpets, Red Lines, and the Beijing Summit

SAT Editorial Desk May 14, 2026