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China | Geo Politics | Russia
Moscow and Beijing at a Quarter-Century Crossroads: Analysing Putin’s May 2026 State Visit to China
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(By Khalid Masood) Introduction & Diplomatic Significance The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary and Symbolic Timing The Great Hall of the People in Beijing provided the backdrop for a carefully choreographed diplomatic milestone in May 2026, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for a state visit that coincided precisely with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness…
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Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | United States
DETERRENCE VS. DIPLOMACY: CAN IAEA VERIFICATION BRIDGE THE GAP?
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(By Khalid Masood) INTRODUCTION: THE PERFECT STORM The Iran nuclear question has entered its most volatile phase in over a decade. Despite multiple rounds of indirect negotiations throughout early 2026, US and Iranian officials remained locked in a strategic stalemate. The February–April diplomatic cycles, initially hosted in Muscat and Geneva, failed to yield a breakthrough….
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Geo Politics | India | Kashmir | Pakistan | Terrorism
“Geography or History”: Anatomy of a Nuclear-Age Rhetorical Crisis
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(By Khalid Masood) 1. Introduction The May 2026 exchange between Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) represents a dangerous escalation in declaratory policy between two nuclear-armed adversaries still recovering from the May 2025 Operation Sindoor crisis. Dwivedi’s warning that Pakistan must choose whether to remain “part of geography or…
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China | Geo Politics | United States
The Pomp and the Paradox: Inside Trump’s High-Stakes Visit to Beijing
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(By Quratulain Khalid) Introduction: Why the World Watched When Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on the morning of May 13, 2026, it carried aboard not merely the forty-seventh president of the United States but the weight of a global order teetering between managed rivalry and potential rupture. Donald Trump’s state…
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China | Geo Economics | Geo Politics | United States
The Weight of a Handshake: A Visit in the Shadow of Rivalry
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(By Khalid Masood) The air outside the Great Hall of the People was cool, the kind of crisp autumn weather Beijing often reserves for moments it wishes to remember. When Air Force One touched down, the ceremony unfolded with the precision of a state choreographed to project permanence. Twenty-one guns saluted. Military bands played. Honor…
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China | Geo Politics | Global Issues | India | Middle East | Uncategorized | United States
Delhi’s High-Wire Act: Can BRICS Salvage India’s Global Standing After the Hormuz Crisis and the Shadow of May 2025?
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(By Ayesha Mahnoor) BRICS India Hormuz crisis diplomacy reaches a critical inflection point as the bloc’s Foreign Ministers convene in New Delhi on 14 May 2026. With the US-Iran ceasefire fraying and the Strait of Hormuz semi-blockaded, the summit offers Iran a platform for sanctions relief, gives Russia and China a stage to reaffirm their patronage,…
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China | Geo Politics | United States
Managed Competition: What the 2026 Beijing Summit Reveals About U.S.-China Relations
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(By Faraz Ahmed) When President Donald Trump first visited China in November 2017, the diplomatic theatre was defined by commercial optimism and headline-grabbing memoranda of understanding. Nearly nine years later, his return to Beijing in May 2026 presents a markedly different tableau. The pageantry of state visits remains, but the substance has shifted from expansion…
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China | Geo Politics | United States
Trump in Beijing: A High-Stakes Summit to Reset U.S.-China Ties
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Amid trade truces, AI diplomacy, and the Iran conflict, the president’s second-term visit tests whether cooperation can outpace competition. (By Khalid Masood) As Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on 12 May, the stage was set for the most consequential U.S.-China diplomatic engagement in nearly a decade. President Donald Trump’s state…
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Pakistan
The Stealth Shift: How Pakistan’s J-35 Deal and the May 2025 Air War Are Rewriting South Asian Air Power
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(By Khalid Masood) Introduction: The Announcement That Changed the Conversation In May 2026, Air Vice-Marshal Tariq Ghazi, Pakistan’s Deputy Chief of Air Staff, confirmed what defence analysts had speculated for months. Standing before the press in Islamabad, he stated that Islamabad had laid the “foundations… for the acquisition of advanced capabilities”—including long-range precision weapons, next-generation…
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Geo Politics | Iran | United States
The Uranium Trap: Why Trump’s Iran Gamble Could Backfire—and What Comes Next
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I. Introduction: A Warning Shot Across 47 Years “The U.S. will play no games. We will get their uranium.” When President Donald Trump issued this statement on May 11, 2026, he was not merely updating reporters on diplomatic progress. He was issuing an ultimatum that carries the weight of nearly half a century of enmity….
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