Pakistan-administered Kashmir is not just seeing another bout of unrest; it is exposing a political order built on managed representation, coercive policing and a long habit of treating local grievances as a
The deepening strategic and economic partnership between India and Oman is creating an emerging set of trade and energy corridors that largely circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed in principle to create new bilateral mechanisms — including a Board of Trade and a Board of Investment — under a “reciprocal
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has elevated Pakistan to the front lines of America’s nuclear threats, alongside Russia, China, and North Korea. Her recent testimony warns of Islamabad’s missile advances that
The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most dangerous energy chokepoint: a 21-mile-wide slit between Iran and Oman through which roughly 20 million barrels of oil and significant volumes of liquefied natural
In Kabul’s Secondary Rehabilitation Services Centre, the war on drugs was supposed to be one of the few battles Afghans could still hope to win. Men and women clawing their way back
Recent breakthroughs in education mobility between Canada and India offer a strategic path to rebuild essential people-to-people connections strained by visa restrictions. These initiatives, including CA$100 million in scholarships, 300 Mitacs internships,
As explosions echo along the Durand Line and airstrikes pound Kabul, Pakistan’s decades-long bet on the Taliban has detonated into catastrophe. What began as a bid for “strategic depth” against India has
South Asia is slipping toward a second front in a wider regional war, and Washington is looking the other way. Over the past week, Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded their most ferocious
When the Middle East teeters on the brink, commentators reflexively predict a Sino‑Iranian axis taking shape against the West. But that’s a mirage. For all the talk of “strategic partnership” and anti‑American
Mark Carney’s $2.6‑billion uranium supply deal with India is not just an export win; it’s a strategic pivot that rewires Canada’s place in the Indo‑Pacific, in clean-energy geopolitics, and in a global
When U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, markets braced for the worst. Brent crude, already trading in the low seventies on weeks of escalating tension, spiked sharply. Tanker
Islamabad’s declaration of ‘open war’ masks a deeper reckoning: the militants threatening Pakistan today were nurtured by its own intelligence apparatus. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declared this week that his country