India’s ouster from Chabahar is not really a Pakistani victory

8 Aug 202012 Aug 2020

Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 8 August 2020. Some in Pakistan opine that India’s ouster from a Chabahar-related project in Iran is either a Pakistani foreign policy victory…

How Iran’s statement on Delhi’s anti-Muslim violence sells Iran short

27 Mar 202020 Apr 2020

Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 25 March 2020. At the expense of sounding morbid, one can say India’s state-abetted anti-Muslim pogrom in New Delhi earlier this month presented an opportunity…

Is Pakistan’s US-Centrism Ceding Regional Strategic & Economic Power To India?

13 Mar 202016 Nov 2020

Posted originally to OneWorld on 13 March 2020. The present Pakistani government’s attempts to jockey the US for support have been met with constant affirmation of the Indo-US alliance. The…

Putting Pakistan’s ‘Israel Question’ into geostrategic context

18 Sep 20193 Apr 2020

Published originally by the Islamabad Policy Institute on 18 September 2019. Informed discourse on Israel, the Middle East and current geopolitical affairs pertaining to Israel is not stimulating the current…