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Visual representation of modern warfare where military operations, media narratives, and digital information campaigns intersect in the cognitive domain.

Marka-e-Haq and the Cognitive Dimension of Modern Warfare

Ezba Walayat Khan June 13, 2026

How did Marka-e-Haq expose the growing role of cognitive warfare? From strategic communication to digital disinformation, the conflict showed that modern wars are fought as much in minds as on battlefields.

Reducing national institutions to ethnic arithmetic ignores history, sovereignty, and the foundations of modern states.

If the Ethnicity of Soldiers Determines the Identity of an Army, What Makes a National Army

SAT Commentary June 10, 2026

Reducing national institutions to ethnic arithmetic ignores history, sovereignty, and
the foundations of modern states.

Human rights activist and lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir (left) and her husband, Advocate Hadi Ali Chattha (right), outside a court in Islamabad on November 5, 2025.

Pakistan Pushes Back as US Congressional Body Prejudges Ongoing Domestic Legal Proceedings Over Imaan Mazari Case

SAT Commentary June 10, 2026

When the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission chose to weigh in on the ongoing legal proceedings against Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha, describing the