From Soleimani to Khamenei, targeted killings are becoming a central tool of statecraft. This article examines their legality, strategic logic, and implications for international law.
Read Saba Ghulam Nabi’s review of Muhammad Yousaf Malik’s book, Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Kashmir. The book details the Kashmir conflict and human rights violations through the lens of international law.
A hard-hitting analysis of how the idea of the Ummah is weaponized in geopolitics, and why Pakistan continues to bear the human, economic, and strategic costs of conflicts that are not its own.
![A view of Islamabad, as evolving regional dynamics reshape Pakistan’s security environment. [Image via Wikimedia].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Islamabad_top_view.webp "A view of Islamabad, as evolving regional dynamics reshape Pakistan’s security environment. [Image via Wikimedia].")
A single day revealed how strategic signaling, media narratives, and ideological currents are beginning to overlap in ways that complicate Pakistan’s security calculus.
Analyze PM Modi’s diplomatic reset and growing relationship with Israel. Explore India’s expanding defense and trade ties with Tel Aviv, its continued support for the two-state solution, and its strategic hedging to balance its relationship across West Asia
There’s a lot being said about the Kabul strike, but when you look closely, parts of the story just don’t add up.
As the UN updates sanctions on Taliban officials, growing scrutiny of militant networks underlines Pakistan’s long-standing security concerns
The Israel-Iran conflict is not just limited to military front, the spillover effect of war is directly impacting food, water and fertilizer security.
Explore how the 2025 Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) signals a return to “organized ambiguity” in the Gulf, challenging India’s diplomatic assumptions and reshaping South Asian geopolitics.
Explore the legal rationale behind Pakistan’s cross-border precision airstrikes in Afghanistan. An academic analysis of Article 51, state sovereignty, and the TTP threat