(By Khalid Masood) In the wee hours of June 13, 2025, Israel unleashed a brazen act of aggression, codenamed Operation Am KeLavi (Hebrew: “Rising Lion”), striking Iran’s heart with airstrikes that targeted its nuclear aspirations and military pride. Tehran’s skies burned under this unprovoked assault, yet Iran, a nation forged in resilience, stood defiant, its…
In the dim-lit halls of London on June 10, 2025, U.S. and Chinese negotiators forged a truce, prying open China’s chokehold on rare earth exports while exposing the crumbling facade of India’s global pretensions. As U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hailed a framework to ease triple-digit tariffs, India—self-styled as a $4 trillion titan—stood sidelined, its…
(By Khalid Masood) In the smoldering aftermath of the April 29, 2025, Pahalgam attack, where 26 lives were snuffed out in Kashmir’s verdant valleys, the specter of war loomed over South Asia’s nuclear-armed rivals, India and Pakistan. As India’s airstrikes in Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s fierce retaliation pushed the region to the brink, U.S. President…
(By Khalid Masood) In the blood-soaked lush green meadows of Pahalgam, Kashmir, on April 29, 2025, a horrific attack claimed 26 innocent lives—tourists seeking solace in India’s alpine paradise, gunned down in a brutal assault that shattered the region’s fragile peace. India, reeling from grief and rage, pointed an accusatory finger at Pakistan, expecting a…
(By Khalid Masood) Abstract The Seven Sister States of Northeast India—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura—have remained marginalized, militarized, and methodically silenced under the colonial-style occupation of the Indian state. Since 1947, these lands have witnessed relentless waves of armed resistance and civil defiance against a union that annexed them without consent,…
(By Khalid Masood) In the summer of 2022, Leicester, a multicultural hub in the English Midlands, erupted in violence between Hindu and Muslim communities, exposing a simmering fault line fueled by disinformation and extremist ideologies. A leaked National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) report, compiled by the National Community Tension Team in 2025, identified Hindutva—a Hindu…
(By Khalid Masood) Since the fateful day of May 10, the air in Pakistan has been electric — alive with pride, purpose, and a sense of destiny fulfilled. For too long, we stood patient as Narendra Modi — the man consumed by delusions of “Akhand Bharat” — beat the drums of war. He plotted, schemed,…
(By Dr. Atique Rehaman) The ascendance of Asia can be attributed to Sir Halford Mackinder’s 1904 essay, which proposed the concept of the world as a “World Island” and identified the “Heartland.” Nonetheless, Mackinder’s viewpoint on geopolitical power has been criticized for its Eurocentric disregard for America. Unlike Halford J. Mackinder’s European concerns about a…
(By Khalid Masood) Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022, the war grinds on, a brutal testament to the collision of imperial ambition and national resilience. With over 100,000 Ukrainian and Russian casualties, 8 million refugees, and Ukraine’s energy grid in tatters, the conflict has reshaped European security and strained…
(By Khalid Masood) India’s ambition to ascend as a global superpower, a “21st-century Vishwaguru,” gleams with the promise of a nation poised to rival China’s dominance. With a $4.27 trillion economy, a youthful demographic, and a vocal diaspora, New Delhi envisions itself as a democratic beacon steering the global order. Yet, beneath this radiant narrative…
