Category: Columns

A newly published study, Voice of Balochistan’s Youth: Identity, Development and Geopolitical Perspectives, offers a valuable window into the minds of young people in Pakistan’s largest province. Authored by researchers from institutions in Quetta and based on surveys and discussions with youth across urban and rural districts, the paper reveals a generation that is proud...

In the evolving security landscape of East Asia, Japan’s accelerating military modernisation deserves measured international attention. While framed as a necessary response to regional challenges, the speed and scope of this transformation — actively supported by the United States — warrant careful scrutiny. Washington’s strategic embrace of a more assertive Japan risks overlooking historical sensitivities...

Within the longue durée of human civilization, certain interrogatives transcend the transitory realm of curiosity and metamorphose into enduring epistemological enigmas situated at the confluence of collective consciousness, scientific rationality, military grand strategy, and metaphysical introspection. The manifestation of cryptic luminescences across celestial expanses, unidentified aerial entities executing kinetically implausible maneuvers, and indecipherable signatures imprinted...

Today, many societies suffer from problems rooted in state structures and state policies, such as injustice, corruption, economic inequality, misuse of authority, and political repression. Yet instead of directly criticizing these fundamental issues, criticism is often redirected toward religion itself. In many intellectual and political circles, criticizing religion is considered easier and safer than challenging...

American politics has now unmistakably entered an epoch in which narrative construction, symbolic projection, and the rhetorical velocity of social media increasingly supersede the restrained conventions of classical diplomacy. The recent controversial post disseminated by former and incumbent American President Donald Trump on Truth Social constitutes a conspicuous manifestation of this evolving political temperament, wherein...

May 1st is observed around the world as a day of solidarity with workers and a tribute to their struggles. Yet, within our social and economic context, its significance has been reduced to little more than a formal public holiday. On the surface, it appears to be a day when the state temporarily slows down...

One asks you to stay quiet in courtesy, to sit with discomfort and listen even when it bruises your ego; the other thrives on impulse, avoidance and the comfort of staying unchanged. Emotional intelligence, at its core, is not just about recognizing feelings but about having the restraint to respond with patience rather than impulse....

May 2025 has been etched into the military and strategic history of South Asia as a defining moment that not only challenged traditional measures of power but also compelled a fundamental rethinking of warfare, leadership, technology, and national preparedness. This was not merely a limited military confrontation; rather, it represented a clash between two contrasting...

A pivotal shift is unfolding on the horizon of global energy politics one that is not only reshaping the balance of oil markets but also redefining the dynamics of international power. The decision by the OPEC and OPEC Plus member United Arab Emirates to withdraw from the alliance may appear, at first glance, as a...