IRGC’s irrational cross-border misadventure. What objectives did it want to achieve?

Tribune tries to find out why Taliban refuse to stem terror emanating from Afghan soil despite evidence of TTP havens

There was little forward movement on the underlying factors fuelling perilous rivalry between the two superpowers

Plausible deniability will no longer work for Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban rulers.

Nawaz Sharif has ended his second exile, choosing ‘acceptability’ over ‘popularity’.

Beijing summit gives fresh impetus to BRI that has generated a staggering $2 trillion contracts worldwide

IMEC appears to be driven more by strategic imperative to counter China than by a desire to synergise cooperation

Narendra Modi used the summit in New Delhi to enhance his personal image and push India’s geopolitical agenda

Western concerns stem from threat to liberal world order, and to petrodollar’s reign, systemic rivalry to G7

Western concerns stem from perceived threat to liberal world order, and to petrodollar’s reign