India: Waiting for an inclusive-effective PCI
As the Union government of India has nominated 13 media professionals to fill up the space in its statutory &…
Sanctuary, Sovereignty and Security: India – Canada Diplomacy and the Renewal of Strategic Trust
The October 2026 Security Dialogue, the Counterterrorism Imperative and the Road Ahead On 6 October 2026, National Security Adviser Ajit…
Guns for the Powerful, Hunger for the People: Pakistan’s Militarised State and the Crisis of Human Security
In October 2026, the World Bank published a sentence that deserves to stand as the epitaph of a governing model….
Faith at crossroads: Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and India’s secular constitutional shield
A religious accusation in Pakistan can begin with a whispered allegation and end with a prison cell, a death sentence…
Two Days to Peshawar: Provocation, Revenge and the Blowback of Pakistan’s Afghan Gamble
On 30 September 2026, Noorullah Noori, acting Minister of Borders, Tribes and Tribal Affairs in Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration, offered a…
Allies Are Not Bargaining Chips: Why U.S. Commitments in Asia Must Be Non‑Negotiable
The durability of America’s alliances in Asia has long been the bedrock of regional stability. Yet President Donald Trump’s transactional…
Pakistan’s Afghan deportation drive tests the principle of non-refoulement
For decades, Pakistan was a place of refuge for Afghans fleeing war, political persecution and insecurity. Families crossed the border…
The Tibetan Diaspora in America Shows Xi That Tibet Cannot Be Silenced
For decades, Beijing has tried to erase Tibet from the global stage. Xi Jinping’s government has passed laws designed to…
Abduction, conversion, forced marriage: Pakistan’s minority girls trapped in a cycle of impunity
For Pakistan’s Maria Shahbaz and Aneeqa Ishaq, childhood and adolescence were violently interrupted by the same disturbing combination of abduction, alleged forced conversion and marriage. …
When Prisoners of Geography Become Prisoners of Power -Balochistan, Kashmir
On September 22, two police officers guarding a polio vaccination team were shot dead by gunmen in Nushki, Balochistan. On…
