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No Case, No Clout: Pakistan’s Indus Treaty Challenge Falls Flat

In contrast, New Delhi has never used such a language against Pakistan, a rival that has constantly carried out sub-conventional

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From Flow to Feud: Water Sparks Inter‑Provincial Disputes in Pakistan

The ongoing conflict over water distribution is likely to intensify as the country is facing a severe water crisis. The

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POJK and Gligit-Baltistan: Pakistan’s Governance Faultlines Beyond Repair

At the centre of the ongoing unrest in Pakistan occupied Jammu-Kashmir lies a challenge that extends beyond electricity tariffs and

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From Achakzai to Mahrang: Pakistan’s War on Democratic Dissent

If anything, the present nexus between the military establishment and the toothless civilian leadership has shown that it is difficult

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Beyond the ‘All-Weather’ Myth: Why China-Pakistan Geo-Economics Is Faltering

On the one hand, Pakistan keeps China entangled by highlighting the potential of the CPEC; on the other, it abides

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Resource-Rich, Rights-Poor: The Paradox of Balochistan

In its efforts to woo foreign investment and overhaul its image, Pakistan is trying to sell the natural resources of

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Balochistan: Pakistan’s Open Secret and the World’s Quiet Failure

Some disappeared are released, broken by torture. Some are formally charged. Some are killed and their bodies dumped. Some human

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From Denial to Exposure: How Operation Sindoor Unmasked Pakistan

The international community has, for too long, accepted Pakistan’s victim narrative at face value. The reasoning has often been geopolitical.

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Crisis Broker vs. Long Game: India, Pakistan, and the Illusion of Mediation Power

The broker gets the headline. Whether the broker shapes the outcome is a different matter entirely. Every few years, usually

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China’s Cartographic Offensive on Three Fronts—and What It Means for India

India has tended to treat each episode as a bilateral matter, protest, and move on. On April 10, 2026, China’s

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