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The Geometry of Asymmetry: How India Navigates the US-China Rivalry and the View from Islamabad
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(By Khalid Masood) The 21st century’s defining geopolitical theater is the Indo-Pacific, and its central axis is the triangular relationship between the United States, China, and India. As the structural rivalry between Washington and Beijing deepens into a comprehensive contest for global primacy, New Delhi finds itself in a position of unprecedented strategic leverage. However,…
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Geo Politics | India
India’s Foreign Policy in 2026: Key Priorities and Alignments
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An analytical assessment, with a Pakistani strategic counterpoint (By Khalid Masood) I. The Thesis: Multialignment Under Stress India enters the final quarter of 2026 practising a doctrine its diplomats call multi-alignment — a deliberate evolution from Cold War non-alignment into something more muscular: deep, simultaneous, issue-based partnerships across every major power bloc, with no permanent…
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Top 10
The Top 10 Foreign Policy Blogs
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(By Khalid Masood) Statecraft is not a spectator sport, yet the modern media landscape often treats it as one. In an era defined by 280-character geopolitical analysis, algorithmic outrage, and the relentless 24-hour news cycle, the signal is routinely drowned out by the noise. Mainstream coverage frequently prioritizes speed and sensationalism over context, leaving the…
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Geo Politics | Global Issues | Terrorism
Counterterrorism Diplomacy: How States Use Security to Build Alliances
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(By Khalid Masood) Introduction In the autumn of 2001, the United States discovered that counterterrorism was the most convertible currency in international politics. Within weeks of the September 11 attacks, Washington had assembled what senior State Department officials described as “a coalition against terrorism unlike any other”: more than ninety nations arrested or detained over…
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Terrorism
Counterterrorism Policy in 2026: What Has Changed?
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Explainer: How counterterrorism evolved from a purely military doctrine into a multidimensional instrument of foreign policy — and why 2026 exposed the limits of that transformation. (By Khalid Masood) On May 6, 2026, the White House released its new Counterterrorism Strategy, promising a “return to common sense.” Four months earlier, on January 7, presidential memoranda…
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Geo Politics | Pakistan | United States
Pakistan-US Alliance: Strengths, Strains & Strategic Value in 2026
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(By Khalid Masood) Introduction: The Most Allied Ally — and the Most Distrusted Partner No bilateral relationship in modern diplomatic history has been described in such contradictory terms as the Pakistan-US alliance. Pakistan has been called America’s “most allied ally” — yet it has also been labelled its “most sanctioned ally.” Washington has poured more…
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Geo Politics | Pakistan
Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: History, Strategic Priorities, and Global Role
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(By Khalid Masood) Introduction Few countries occupy as consequential a geopolitical position as Pakistan. The world’s fifth-most-populous nation, the only Muslim-majority nuclear power, and a state situated at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Arabian Sea, Pakistan is simultaneously a frontline state, a trading corridor, a nuclear power, and…
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Geo Politics | Pakistan | United States
US-Pakistan Relations: A Complete Explainer (2026)
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(By Khalid Masood) For decades, Washington described its relationship with Islamabad as one of its “most complicated.” Today, it may be the fastest-warming relationship in American foreign policy. Within eighteen months, Pakistan’s Army Chief has been a guest at the White House three times in as many months, Islamabad has brokered direct talks between the…
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Afghanistan | India | Pakistan | Terrorism
Beyond the Rhetoric: Pakistan’s Emerging Counterterrorism Diplomacy in 2026
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(By Khalid Masood) Introduction: When Counterterrorism Becomes Statecraft In the twenty-first century, the struggle against terrorism is no longer confined to battlefields, intelligence operations, border controls or law-enforcement agencies. It is also fought in conference rooms, diplomatic missions, international organizations and the increasingly contested arena of strategic narratives. Counterterrorism has consequently become an important instrument…
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China | Geo Economics | Geo Politics | India | Pakistan
Embracing the ‘Asian Century’: Xi Jinping’s Vision for the Global South and the Future of Regional Diplomacy
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(By Khalid Masood) During his recent whirlwind 24-hour visit to Delhi for the BRICS summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a strategic message that extended far beyond the confines of a standard bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While the immediate optics of the summit naturally focused on the direct dynamics between the two…
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