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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

: Shari Baloch (alias Bramsh), the first female suicide bomber of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) Majeed Brigade.

A Mother, A Teacher and then A Suicide Bomber: The Story of Shari Baloch

SAT Commentary May 19, 2026

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