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China | Geo Politics | Pakistan | Russia
Pakistan at the Crossroads: Navigating the China-Russia Partnership and 75 Years of the “Iron Brotherhood”
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 19/07/202619/07/2026
(By Faraz Ahmed) The year 2026 marks a watershed in Pakistan’s diplomatic history. As Islamabad celebrates the 75th anniversary of its ties with Beijing—cementing the “Iron Brotherhood’s” “all-weather” credentials—a deeper geopolitical shift is crystallizing. For decades, Pakistan’s strategic identity was defined largely through the prism of its bilateral relationship with China, a partnership forged in…
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Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Middle East | United States
The IRGC’s Suicidal Gambit: How Revolutionary Guards Derailed Diplomacy, Sacrificed Thousands, and Lost the Peace
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 18/07/202618/07/2026
(By Khalid Masood) I. Introduction: A Nation at War with Itself There is a peculiar tragedy unfolding in Iran today — a nation winning on the battlefield but losing at the negotiating table, not because of enemy cunning, but because its own military elite refuses to let it win the peace. The 2026 Iran war,…
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Pakistan
Beyond the Paycheck: Fazlur Rehman’s Callous Dismissal of Pakistan’s Martyrs
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 16/07/202616/07/2026
(By Quratulain Khalid) There is a profound, sacred boundary between the administrative duties of a state and the supreme, transcendent sacrifice of those who lay down their lives to defend it. Yet, from the safety of a podium at a JUI-F “power show” rally in Kasur on the weekend of July 11–12, 2026, Maulana Fazlur…
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Geo Economics | Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Middle East | United States
The Strait of Hormuz on Fire: U.S. Strikes, Iranian Retaliation, and the Looming Second Round of the Middle East War
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 15/07/202615/07/2026
How a single attack on a Cyprus-flagged vessel on 12 July 2026 reignited the most dangerous confrontation in the Middle East — and why the world may not escape a wider war this time. (By Khalid Masood) I. The Incident The first reports came in the early hours of Saturday, 12 July 2026. In the…
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Pakistan | Terrorism
A Strategic Assessment: The Balochistan Insurgency, 2026
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 12/07/202612/07/2026
(By Khalid Masood) 1. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS The Accession and Its Discontents The Balochistan insurgency traces its origins to the contested integration of the princely state of Kalat into Pakistan in March 1948. While the Khan of Kalat signed the Instrument of Accession, his brother Prince Agha Abdul Karim launched an armed revolt in July 1948,…
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Geo Economics | Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Middle East | United States
The Hormuz Gambit: How the 2026 U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Collapsed and What It Means for Global Energy Security
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 09/07/202609/07/2026
(By Khalid Masood) I. The Breaking Point In the marble halls of the Turkish presidential palace in Ankara, President Donald Trump stood before a gaggle of reporters on the evening of July 8, 2026, and delivered a verdict that sent tremors through capitals from Tehran to Tokyo. “To me, I think it’s over,” he said,…
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Human Rights | India | Terrorism
Satluj: The Silenced Truth of Punjab’s Darkest Chapter
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 07/07/202607/07/2026
(By Faraz Ahmed) The story of a banker who exposed 25,000 disappearances—and a film the government doesn’t want you to see A Film That Lasted 48 Hours On July 5, 2026, the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj quietly premiered on ZEE5. Within 48 hours, it was gone—removed from the platform in India without any official court order or FIR ….
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United States
The American Experiment at 250: From Revolution to Reckoning
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 06/07/202606/07/2026
(By Quratulain Khalid) On the morning of July 4, 2026, the United States will wake to a milestone that no other modern nation has quite experienced: a 250th anniversary of its founding not as an ethnic homeland or a dynasty’s inheritance, but as an idea. There will be fireworks, certainly. There will be speeches. There…
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Geo Politics | Iran | Middle East | Pakistan
Ali Khamenei and the Judgment of History
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 05/07/202605/07/2026
(By Khalid Masood) I. Prologue: The Funeral as Historical Mirror The heat rose from the asphalt in shimmering waves, but the millions did not move. They stood shoulder to shoulder across the breadth of Tehran, a human sea stretching from the Grand Mosalla to the horizon, where the Alborz mountains stood sentinel in the haze….
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India | Japan | Pakistan | Sub Continent
Brother-Sister Diplomacy or Strategic Opportunism? Unpacking the Geopolitical Reality of the Modi-Takaichi Summit
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 04/07/202604/07/2026
(By Khalid Masood) The Theatrical Facade of “Familial” Diplomacy The recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to India was marked by unprecedented pomp, orchestrated photo-ops, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s highly publicized labeling of the Japanese leader as his “sister.” While the Indian media apparatus eagerly celebrated this as a triumph of…
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