Editor’s Desk: We are Mir
Branded a CIA agent by the Taliban, and a Taliban sympathizer by his critics, Hamid Mir is the face of political…
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Afghanistan: The Rise of Yet Another ISIS Front
With the withdrawal of most coalition troops after 16 years of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan has emerged…
Trans Erasure: The Obsession with Binaries
As Pakistani society progresses and evolves, the perception and treatment of the transgender community remains…
Too Big To Fail: What Next For US-Pakistani Relations?
2018 started on the worst possible note for US-Pakistani relations. Donald Trump’s inaugural tweet accused…
The South-Asian Tinderbox: Rising Tensions and U.S. inaction in the Sub-Continent
With the eyes of the world fixed on Kim-Jong Un and Donald Trump's war of words, another serious escalation has…
Not So Sharif: “Fontgate”, Praetorianism and Illiberal Democracy in…
The resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his family’s offshore wealth revealed by the Panama Paper leaks…
McMUN 2017 Global Leadership Forum: The Impact of Collaboration Between the…
Recently, there has been a global trend where organizations within the private, public, and plural sectors are…
Barack of Arabia: Obama’s Diplomatic Legacy in the Middle East
Eight years ago, President Obama electrified the world with the promises to end the wars of his predecessor in Iraq…
Balochistan: The Overlooked Casualty of South Asian Soft Power Relations
As Asian nations grow in power and economic clout, regional disputes have increased, most publicly through…
‘Modi’fying Indian Foreign Policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reoriented foreign policy to reflect his vision of a more active, assertive…