(By Khalid Masood) When President Donald Trump unveiled his 20-point Gaza Peace Plan on September 29, 2025, it set off ripples across the world. Framed as a sweeping roadmap to end the Israel–Hamas war, the proposal promises an immediate ceasefire, hostage exchanges, Israeli withdrawal, and the establishment of a transitional, technocratic governance structure in Gaza…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) In a world that constantly demands our attention and energy, Nick Trenton’s The Art of Letting Go: Stop Overthinking, Stop Negative Spirals, and Find Emotional Freedom arrives as a timely and practical guide to reclaiming our mental space. Trenton offers a compelling argument that our minds should be a sanctuary, not a…
(By Quratulain Khalid) Introduction: On September 25, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that officially greenlit the transfer of TikTok’s U.S. operations to American ownership. This wasn’t merely a corporate transaction; it was the culmination of a multi-year geopolitical struggle over data, influence, and the very future of the global internet. The signing…
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction “Gentlemen, they may even be in this room right now!” quipped President Donald Trump to reporters on September 25, 2025, acknowledging his slight delay before meeting Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir in the Oval Office. This light-hearted moment belied the gravity…
(By Mohsin Tanveer) Introduction In the grand hall of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech that blended familiar bombast with an unexpected pivot—one that could reshape the contours of the Russia-Ukraine war. Amid criticisms of global migration, climate policies, and the UN itself, Trump articulated…
(By Khalid Masood) Published in 2016 by William Collins (an imprint of HarperCollins), The Naked Diplomat by Tom Fletcher arrived at a pivotal moment when social media was already reshaping global conversations, yet diplomacy lagged behind. Originally priced at £18.99 in the UK (around $24 USD at the time), the book remains widely available today…
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction From the vantage point of Lahore, a city that has for centuries served as a crucible of the Sub-Continent’s destiny, President Donald Trump’s speech at the UN was a seismic event. His address has immediately and profoundly altered Pakistan’s strategic landscape. Watched in offices in Islamabad and debated in policy circles…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) The recent tragedy in Tirah, KPK which claimed the lives of both militants and innocent civilians, has once again laid bare the cruel reality of terrorism and the malicious propaganda war waged by India against Pakistan. The Tirah Incident – Facts, Not Fiction According to official reports, the compound where the incident…
(By Quratulain Khalid) Three decades on, Kissinger’s magnum opus remains an essential, if unapologetically self-serving, guide to the brutal logic of world affairs. Few intellectual arenas are as fraught with tension as the study of international relations, torn between what the world ought to be and what it starkly is. No single volume has captured…
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction The evolution of warfare has always been driven by technological leaps — from gunpowder to nuclear weapons, and from precision-guided munitions to unmanned systems. Today, the next transformation is already taking shape in the form of directed-energy weapons (DEWs). These systems harness concentrated energy, rather than explosive force, to disable, damage,…
