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Geo Politics | Pakistan
Mediation in a Multipolar World: Pakistan’s Role in Iran–US Talks and the Rise of Middle-Power Diplomacy
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(By Khalid Masood) In the absence of functional great-power consensus, the architecture of international crisis management is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Today’s diplomatic landscape is increasingly shaped not by hegemonic imposition, but by calibrated facilitation. Nowhere is this shift more visible than in the emerging backchannel between Washington and Tehran, where Islamabad has…
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China | Military Technology | Pakistan
The Dragon’s Claw: How Pakistan’s J-10C Redefined Air Combat
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 23/05/202623/05/2026
(By Khalid Masood) From Himalayan Skies to Arabian Sands: A Year of Aerial Dominance The morning of May 7, 2025, marked a watershed moment in modern aerial warfare. As tensions between nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan erupted into open conflict following the Pahalgam terror attack, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) unveiled a new dimension of…
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Human Rights | India
The Cockroach Janta Party: From Judicial Insult to India’s Fastest-Growing Political Swarm
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 23/05/202623/05/2026
(By Faraz Ahmed) Introduction: When Satire Becomes Strategy In the span of less than a week, a parody political movement born from a Supreme Court slur has become the most talked-about political force in India in particular and in the region in general. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) — named after an insect synonymous with…
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China | Geo Politics | Pakistan
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 22/05/202622/05/2026
The Iron Brotherhood: Seven and a Half Decades of China-Pakistan Friendship (By Khalid Masood) I. Introduction: A Friendship Forged in Isolation In the annals of modern diplomacy, few relationships have defied the corrosive tides of geopolitical fashion as resolutely as the friendship between the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. As…
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Geo Politics | Human Rights | Israel | Middle East
Intercepted at Sea: The Geopolitics, Law, and Diplomacy of the Sumud Flotilla Crisis
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 22/05/202622/05/2026
(Quratulain Khalid) I. Introduction In the early hours of May 21, 2026, a coordinated maritime operation in the eastern Mediterranean culminated in the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led humanitarian mission bound for the Gaza coastline. According to official naval briefings, the operation resulted in the detention of more than 400 passengers, including…
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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
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 20/05/202620/05/2026
(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?
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 19/05/202619/05/2026
(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
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 18/05/202618/05/2026
(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
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 17/05/202617/05/2026
(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
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 16/05/202616/05/2026
(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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