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The Stealth Shift: How Pakistan’s J-35 Deal and the May 2025 Air War Are Rewriting South Asian Air Power
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 12/05/202612/05/2026
(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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India | Military Strategy | Pakistan
Operation Sindoor Revisited: Assessing Pakistan’s Strategic Gains and India’s Setback
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 06/05/202606/05/2026
(By Khalid Masood) I. Introduction: The Distance of Twelve Months A year has elapsed since the Indian government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, authorised Operation Sindoor—a military strike against Pakistan that was intended to project strength but instead delivered the most consequential strategic reversal in modern Indian history. The passage of twelve months affords the…
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Geo Economics | Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Middle East | Pakistan | United States
The Hormuz Paradox: When Operations End but Blockades Persist
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 03/05/202603/05/2026
How the termination of Operation Epic Fury reveals the new grammar of maritime coercion—and why global markets, not just militaries, now decide the rules of engagement. (By Khalid Masood) I. Introduction: The Day the Clock Ran Out On 1 May 2026, as the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day clock reached its constitutional terminus, the White House…
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Geo Politics | Iran | Middle East | Pakistan | United States
Gulf Strategic Autonomy: Redrawing Alliances and Pakistan’s Role
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 28/04/202628/04/2026
(By Khalid Masood) For over half a century, the security architecture of the Middle East revolved around a single axis: Washington. From the Carter Doctrine to the post-Cold War security guarantees that underpinned Gulf stability, the United States functioned as the region’s indispensable security patron. Today, that paradigm is undergoing a profound structural shift. Gulf…
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Disaster management | Pakistan | Sub Continent | Uncategorized
The Gathering Storm: El Niño 2026 and Its Looming Impact on Pakistan
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 26/04/202626/04/2026
(By Quratulain Khalid) Introduction: A Shared Climate Destiny In 1877, a catastrophic global famine claimed millions of lives across India, China, Brazil, and Africa—not due to war or disease, but driven by a distant oceanic phenomenon off the coast of Peru. Nearly 150 years later, scientists warn that history may be preparing to rhyme. The…
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Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Middle East | Pakistan | United States
The Door Isn’t Closed—But It’s Ajar: US-Iran Talks Status
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 26/04/202626/04/2026
(By Khalid Masood)26 April 2026 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departed Islamabad on the evening of 25 April 2026 without a joint statement, without a breakthrough, and without a confirmed date to return. Within hours, President Donald Trump announced the cancellation of a planned mission by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to the…
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Iran | Middle East | Military Technology | Pakistan | United States
US Missile Stockpile Depletion: 50% Used, 4–5 Year Rebuild
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 22/04/202622/04/2026
(By Khalid Masood) A quiet but consequential shift is unfolding across US defence planning: the significant drawdown of critical missile stockpiles. According to converging assessments from defence analysts, parliamentary briefings, and open-source reporting, the United States has committed or expended more than half of certain high-demand interceptor and strike missile inventories. Full missile replenishment is…
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Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Pakistan | United States
US-Iran Standoff 2026: Ceasefire on Paper, Conflict in Practice
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 22/04/202622/04/2026
(By Khalid Masood) 🔍 The Illusion of Pause On the morning President Trump announced a unilateral extension of the US-Iran ceasefire, IRGC fast-attack craft conducted live-fire drills just 18 nautical miles from the Strait of Hormuz. The juxtaposition captures the defining paradox of the current Middle East crisis: diplomatic language signals restraint, while operational posturing…
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Global Issues | Iran | Pakistan | United States
The Islamabad Process: Can Pakistan’s Mediation Break the US-Iran Deadlock?
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 20/04/2026
(By Khalid Masood) As the calendar turns toward April 22, when a fragile, Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between the United States and Iran is set to expire, global diplomatic attention remains fixed on Islamabad. Yet contrary to widespread speculation and unverified social media reports, Pakistan’s Foreign Office has confirmed that no date has been finalized for a…
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Geo Politics | Global Issues | Iran | Pakistan | United States
The Architecture of Retreat: Systems, Statecraft, and the Illusion of Victory in U.S.–Iran Diplomacy
Byeaglepk.43@gmail.com 17/04/202617/04/2026
(By Khalid Masood) I. Introduction: The Echo in the Corridors “In diplomacy, nothing is more dangerous than the illusion of a fresh start.” — Adapted from Henry Kissinger In the corridors of power in Washington, this maxim finds renewed resonance as the familiar refrain—“We are close to a big deal”—echoes once again through the West…
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