Beyond Roads and Ports: The Next Chapter of Bangladesh–Japan Ties
With a new trade agreement in hand, Dhaka must turn a half-century of goodwill into factories, skills and lasting competitiveness. Partnerships are not always measured by size or political clout. Sometimes their worth lies in decades of quiet reliability. By that standard, few relationships matter more to Bangladesh than the one it has built with […]
Are All Failed States Linked To Terrorism?
Failed states and terrorism are among the most prominent terms in International Relations and International Security discourse because they generate diverse debates. Explaining the serious nature of a failed state, Rotberg pictures failed states as conflictual, dangerous and violent, where opposing sides rebel against the government. On the other hand, the lack of a universally […]
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – Irony and Antidote
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa once again is in the eye of the storm. The province has a peculiar sociology, shaped primarily by tribal heritage, Islamism, Pashtun cultural structures and a predominantly rural population, mainly living under the tenants of social codes like the pervasive Pakhtunwali, or the lesser prevalent Islamzoona and Turizoona in the erstwhile tribal districts. K-P’s […]
Missiles Over The East Sea And Drones Over Hormuz As Tensions Rise On Two Fronts
North Korea Fires About Ten Short Range Ballistic Missiles North Korea has fired another salvo into the East Sea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Pyongyang launched around ten short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area at about 08:30 PKT today. Seoul and Washington are still analysing the missiles’ range and specifications, while Japan […]
Takfir Over Truth And Why ISKP Fears Pakistan’s Role In The Muslim World
The latest propaganda piece from an ISKP-aligned platform is long on noise and short on substance. It is filled with religious denunciations, emotional accusations and abusive language, yet it offers no coherent argument, no credible evidence and no theological reasoning worthy of the name. The real story is not what they are saying. It is […]
Countdown To November 3: Iran Peace Bid, Israel’s Election Deadlock And US Midterm Strike Fears
Washington: President Trump told Axios on 28 October: “We need to finish the job — either through a deal or another way — we will find out if negotiations can succeed.” The line echoes the “deal or finish the job” ultimatum he has repeated since July. Tehran: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran remains in […]
A Letter Before The Strikes: Vance’s Reported Outreach To Tehran
Washington and Tehran may be talking again, or at least writing. The Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter, that Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei. Rezaei is secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a former IRGC commander. According to the Journal, the […]
The West Is Walking Itself Down the Primrose Path
When a discourse closes itself against its best critics, it does not become wiser — it becomes more dangerous. In the autumn of 2015, John Mearsheimer — R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago — stood before an audience and issued one of the most precise predictions in […]
Ownership Before Mandate: Fixing Pakistan’s Peace Education Gap
In 2026, Pakistan topped the ranking on the Global Terrorism Index for the first time in the index’s history. Terrorist attacks more than doubled between 2023 and 2024 going from 517 to 1099. According to the Index’s own assessment, Pakistan’s counterterrorism approach is “heavily skewed towards kinetic measures; while non-kinetic counter extremism ‘remains weak, fragmented, […]