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The New Resource Curse: A Debacle Green Extractivism in South Asia

The New Resource Curse: A Debacle Green Extractivism in South Asia

Dur-e-Adan The energy transition is presented in a favorable light in most climate conferences as well as in corporate reports. It has been defined as something that should be seen as a natural nee...
22 Sep 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
Will Magnets be the new Barrels ?

Will Magnets be the new Barrels ?

Mahnur Asim Every few decades, a new commodity emerges around which the new global order reconstructs. The twentieth-century hierarchy of power was anchored in oil, where control over resources, tr...
13 Sep 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
Is “Simultaneity Trap” the Strategic logic of CRINK?

Is “Simultaneity Trap” the Strategic logic of CRINK?

Umra Akbar A considerable paradigm shift has been seen in the current geopolitics, as indicated by the emergence of blocs seeking to oppose the existing global system of unipolarity. One of these b...
13 Sep 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
America’s New Monroe Doctrine: Power, Pressure, and the Future of the Americas

America’s New Monroe Doctrine: Power, Pressure, and the Future of the Americas

  Muhammad Haseeb Sulehria Is the United States really retaking control of the Americas? For more than two centuries, US foreign policy has been driven by the belief that it has a special sphe...
13 Sep 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
Cyber Warfare: The Invisible Battlefield of the Twenty-First Century

Cyber Warfare: The Invisible Battlefield of the Twenty-First Century

Faisal Gul In February 2025, the Eastern European power grid experienced power failures in certain areas. No line failed due to a storm. No transformer failed. A hacker wrote and deployed malware fro...
03 Sep 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
Iran’s Royalist Revival: Could the Monarchy Return?

Iran’s Royalist Revival: Could the Monarchy Return?

  Haseeb Sulehri   Could Iran really restore its monarchy? As protests surged across the country last year, a question that until recently seemed almost unthinkable has resurfaced. For years, oppositi...
28 Aug 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
The 12 Seats Issue: Why It Still Matters in Azad Kashmir

The 12 Seats Issue: Why It Still Matters in Azad Kashmir

Aqeeb Shahid   Every few years, a small number of seats spark a big fight in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and that number is 12. These are the 12 seats kept aside in the AJK Legislative Assembly for ...
27 Aug 2026 / NATIONAL / Read more
Afghanistan, Five Years Later: The Chain Collapse Triggered by the Denial of Education

Afghanistan, Five Years Later: The Chain Collapse Triggered by the Denial of Education

Giorgia Pietropaoli    On August 15, 2021, the entry of the Taliban into Kabul—unfolding in the silence of gunfire but amid the general chaos of the departure of the last American contingent—marked th...
27 Aug 2026 / SOCIETY / Read more
The Two Gates of Crisis: Fragility of Global Economy and Energy Shocks

The Two Gates of Crisis: Fragility of Global Economy and Energy Shocks

Dur e Adan   The international shipping industry relies on miles of invisible sea routes, with over 80% of internationally traded goods shipped across oceans. Modern consumer society assumes supermark...
26 Aug 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more
The UN’s Existential Crisis: Financial Strain, Great-Power Rivalry, and the Future of Global Governance

The UN’s Existential Crisis: Financial Strain, Great-Power Rivalry, and the Future of Global Governance

Muhammad Haseeb Sulehri Since its emergence around 80 years ago, the UN has been central to the international system. As a platform for negotiations among all countries, the UN has also played an act...
26 Aug 2026 / INTERNATIONAL / Read more