Pakistan’s Paperwork of Impunity
In a Faisalabad courtroom in the spring of 2026, judges looked at a Christian girl whose birth record said she was thirteen and decided she did not look it. Maria Shahbaz had
Today: Oct 03, 2026
India, China and the Battle to Define the Global South
The struggle over the future world order is no longer simply between China and the West. From BRICS and development finance to technology and reform of the United Nations, India and China
Double the Tariff, Double the Shock: The Inflationary Danger of Coercive Trade
Last week, I published a comprehensive report titled Weaponizing Commerce: The Mirage of a Coercive Trade Policy, which investigated the historical precedents and structural failures of using tariffs as instruments of geopolitical
A Fire of Its Own Making: Pakistan’s Afghan Strikes Reveal the Logic of Instability
What began as cross-border shelling quickly escalated into one of the deadliest confrontations since the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, revealing a dangerous cycle of militarized brinkmanship that Pakistan seems unwilling—or
How an Indian Port City is Set to Become the World’s Next AI Gateway
When Google announced a $15 billion bet on an AI and data hub in Visakhapatnam, India this week, it quietly redrew the map of global technology. For anyone watching the geopolitics of
Innovation Without Hype: How Zoho Is Winning on Its Own Terms
As debates about tech hegemony, data sovereignty, and digital independence intensify worldwide, an unlikely challenger has quietly established itself as a global force in enterprise software. Zoho Corporation, with its roots in
Nothing but Growth: How India’s Gen Z is Powering a Smartphone Revolution
The smartphone maker ‘Nothing’ is aggressively targeting India’s Gen Z demographic for growth, highlighting a strategic pivot towards the world’s fastest-growing mobile market and its youth-led demand for technology. Nothing’s focus on
Dialogue Over Discord: What Rubio and Jaishankar’s Meeting Signals Amid Trade and Tariff Tensions
The recent meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is an inflection point for US-India relations amid mounting trade tensions, protectionist tariffs, and
South Korea’s Fertility Crisis Is a Warning for the World
The birth rate in South Korea has fallen so low that it is no longer just a demographic statistic—it is an existential alarm bell. With women now averaging just 0.75 births over
Pakistan’s Digital Prison: Mass Surveillance, Censorship, and the Cost to Democracy
Pakistan has emerged as one of the world’s most closely watched societies, not by choice, but through the construction of an elaborate mass surveillance architecture that scrutinizes the digital and mobile activities
Missing EIA Reports in Chinese Infrastructure Projects: Implications for Environment and Climate
The rapid expansion of China’s infrastructure development, both domestically and overseas through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has raised significant concerns about the adequacy and transparency of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Economic Bullets, Strategic Bruises: The US Trade & Tariff Impact on Asia
Current U.S. trade policy, marked by aggressive use of tariffs and a transactional approach to alliances, is profoundly reshaping the diplomatic and economic architecture of Asia. Both long-term strategic partners and developing
China’s Gold Gambit: How a Currency Power Play Threatens the US Dollar
In a dramatic show of both military and financial muscle, China last week paraded its growing alliances with U.S. adversaries — Russia and North Korea — sending a message that its ambitions
