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OPINION: When Violence Becomes a Method in Bangladesh

Naming organised violence is not an act of destabilisation. It is an act of responsibility. In Bangladesh today, violence no

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Arun Anand December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 afghan taliban pakistan relations, asim munir chief of defence forces, hafiz saeed network pakistan, india afghanistan relations 2025, international security pakistan terrorism, isi afghan jihad legacy, isi jihadist proxies, jaish e mohammad origins pakistan, jem pakistan support, jihadist ecosystem pakistan analysis, kashmir militancy pakistan role, lashkar e toiba pakistan ties, lett jem state policy debate, new delhi kabul cooperation, pakistan afghanistan tensions 2025, pakistan army statecraft, pakistan constitutional engineering munir, pakistan foreign policy failures, pakistan india afghanistan geopolitics, pakistan proxy warfare analysis, proxy militancy south asia, pulwama attack context, qari yaqoob shaikh statement, strategic depth pakistan history, terrorist endorsements pakistan military, terrorist proxies pakistan strategy, ulema o mashaikh rabta pakistan

OPINION: When Terrorists Speak for the State in Pakistan

Pakistan has for years made efforts to blur such distinctions, often planting insinuations that Afghanistan harbored anti-India militant leaders. There

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Arun Anand December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 autonomy movement Balochistan, Baloch rights, Balochistan, Balochistan resources, China Pakistan Economic Corridor, copper and gold reserves, CPEC, critical minerals, economic exploitation, education crisis Pakistan, extractive economy, foreign investment Pakistan, geopolitics South Asia, global minerals supply chain, Gwadar port, healthcare crisis Balochistan, imperialism in Pakistan, military governance Pakistan, mineral politics, neocolonialism, Pakistan mining, Pakistani military establishment, political repression Pakistan, poverty in Balochistan, Reko Diq, resource extraction, Sarfaraz Bugti, Shehbaz Sharif government, underdevelopment Balochistan, US China competition, US Exim Bank, US Pakistan relations

OPINION: Reko Diq and the New Imperial Loot of Balochistan

Balochistan’s modern history is inseparable from the manner in which it entered Pakistan. On December 10, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires

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Arun Anand December 1, 2025December 1, 2025 26th Amendment Pakistan, 27th Amendment Pakistan, Asim Munir, civil-military imbalance, civil-military relations Pakistan, constitutional amendments Pakistan, democratic backsliding Pakistan, Federal Constitutional Court Pakistan, hybrid authoritarianism, Imran Khan cases, military dominance Pakistan, military establishment Pakistan, military influence Pakistan, military power consolidation, Pakistan governance, Pakistan military, Pakistan news analysis, Pakistan politics, Pakistani democracy, Pakistani judiciary, PML-N, political parties Pakistan, PPP, Supreme Court Pakistan

Military is Rewriting Pakistan’s Democracy and Its Politicians Are Helping

In this military power grab, the role of Pakistan’s major political parties has been one of facilitation. Pakistan is living

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Siddhant Kishore November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 Asim Munir powers, Baloch insurgency, Chief of Defense Forces Pakistan, India Pakistan tensions, Indo-Pak conflict, military centralization Pakistan, nuclear decision-making, nuclear escalation risks, Pakistan 27th Amendment, Pakistan authoritarianism, Pakistan China security, Pakistan civil-military relations, Pakistan constitutional amendment, Pakistan counterterrorism, Pakistan democracy crisis, Pakistan governance crisis, Pakistan internal security, Pakistan military dominance, Pakistan military rule, Pakistan national security, Pakistan nuclear arsenal control, Pakistan nuclear command, Pakistan nuclear doctrine, Pakistan political instability, Pakistan strategic command, South Asia security, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment: A Nuclear-Armed State in One Man’s Hands

What Pakistan has surrendered in return is the institutional balance that once provided guardrails against rash escalation. In Islamabad, history

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Arun Anand November 22, 2025November 22, 2025 26/11 attacks, Arun Anand article, Asim Munir remarks, counterterrorism cooperation, geopolitical analysis Pakistan, India Pakistan relations, international security Pakistan, ISI support terrorism, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Pakistan dump truck analogy, Pakistan instability strategy, Pakistan military doctrine, Pakistan military establishment, Pakistan proxy terrorism, Pakistan strategic disruption, regional security South Asia, South Asia geopolitics, South Asia terrorism, terrorism state sponsorship

The Dump Truck Doctrine: Pakistan’s Strategy of Disruption that Keeps Terror Alive in South Asia

Seen from such a lens, Asim Munir’s use of analogies like ‘dump truck’ or the ‘railway engine’ are not harmless

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Osama Rawal November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 communal tensions India, counter-extremism strategies, counterterrorism introspection, critical perspective Delhi blast, critique of political hypocrisy, Delhi attack 2025, Delhi blast analysis, Hindutva and Islam debate, ideological extremism analysis, ideological motivations terrorism, India current affairs 2025, left liberal discourse India, media narratives India, national security India, political narratives India, public discourse India, radicalisation debate India, radicalisation of educated individuals, social commentary India, terrorism and education

A Hypocrisy That Is Dripping: A Critical Perspective on the Delhi Blast

A community that refuses to ask hard questions cannot meaningfully oppose the violence committed in its name. The Delhi blast

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Omer Waziri November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Afghan peace process, Afghan-Pakistan relations, afghanistan, border tensions, cross-border conflict, international security analysis, Islamabad policy, Kabul relations, militant resurgence, pakistan, Regional Geopolitics, South Asia security, South Asian politics, taliban, TTP

The Rise of Afghan Autonomy and Pakistan’s Grip Slipping Away

A return to the zero-sum mentality that dominated earlier epochs — where Kabul was binary: allied or hostile — will

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Anwar Alam November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 1971 Liberation War legacy, Anwar A Khan, Awami League, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh coup allegations, Bangladesh crisis 2024, Bangladesh military politics, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh unrest, Dhanmondi 32 attack, geopolitical interference Bangladesh, Jamaat BNP nexus, minority persecution Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus interim government, political instability Bangladesh, Saint Martin’s Island geopolitics, sheikh hasina, South Asia Politics, student movement Bangladesh, Western intelligence agencies

OPINION: The Orchestrated Downfall of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh

Hyenas of the defeated forces of 1971 now roam unchallenged. A medieval darkness has descended upon the sacred land of

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Michael Arizanti November 13, 2025 Amnesty International Pakistan, Bolo Bhi digital rights, civic space shrinking Pakistan, digital repression Pakistan, enforced disappearances Pakistan, EU foreign policy Pakistan, European Union Pakistan relations, human rights diplomacy, Human Rights Watch Pakistan, internet freedom Pakistan, online censorship Pakistan, Pakistan 27th Amendment debate, Pakistan civil liberties, Pakistan democracy crisis, Pakistan digital censorship, Pakistan freedom of expression, Pakistan human rights crisis, Pakistan internet shutdowns, Pakistan journalists abductions, Pakistan media blackout, Pakistan military influence, Pakistan protest crackdowns, Pakistan surveillance laws, PECA amendments, PEMRA censorship

Europe’s Silence on Pakistan: Digital Repression, Zero Accountability

European states and institutions face a choice. They can treat Pakistan’s clampdown as a bilateral stability problem — useful to

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