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Modi being received by Norway counterpart Jonas Gahr Store

The Oslo Contradiction: Why Norway’s Honors for Modi Cannot Mask India’s Authoritarian Shift

SAT May 19, 2026

Rows of Shahed-style military drones displayed inside an underground storage facility, highlighting Iran’s low-cost unmanned warfare capabilities.

The Shahed Drones: A Silent Arrow Shaping the Winds of Power

Sayed Israr May 18, 2026

The N40 Quetta-Taftan highway, an arterial road that handles all supply routes to Iran and the Saindak and Reko Diq projects

The BLA’s Terror Reality: Not a Baloch Rights Movement but a Security Threat to Pakistan

SAT Commentary May 18, 2026

Pakistan test-fires Hatf IX (Nasr) missile

Closing the Space for War: How Pakistan’s Strategic Doctrine Evolved to Secure Peace

SAT Commentary May 17, 2026

Illustration of ISIS personnel

The Fall of ISIS’s Shadow Commander

SAT Commentary May 16, 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

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu addresses SCO officials in Bishkek while warning against renewed foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan.

The Gathering Storm: Russia’s Warning on Afghanistan and the Implications for Regional Security

SAT Commentary May 14, 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