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Lessons from 12-day Israel-Iran war

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when…

Final nail in NPT coffin

Today, the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) stands totally destroyed after the Israeli and US attacks on Iran’s IAEA safeguarded peaceful nuclear facilities. With this, the nuclear nonproliferation regime has also…

Final nail in NPT coffin

Today, the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) stands totally destroyed after the Israeli and US attacks on Iran’s IAEA safeguarded peaceful nuclear facilities. With this, the nuclear nonproliferation regime has also…

Who threatens global peace?

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a risky air campaign deep inside Iran. Israeli jets struck key nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan. The attacks killed two…

Escalating US-Iran tensions

AFTER conducting three rounds of talks, which began on April 12, a fourth round between the US and Iran slated for today (May 3) in Rome has been postponed, presumably by Tehran…

Hard Iran-US nuclear talks

THE ongoing indirect nuclear talks between America and Iran are inching forward with the two sides agreeing to meet for the next round this week. Both countries described the meeting in Oman…

How technology shapes power

In the early 15th century, the world still moved by hoof and sail. But within the walls of the Ottoman Empire, something formidable was taking shape. Not armies. Not treaties.…

New normal?

IN September 2016, India announced that it had carried out a surgical strike against Pakistan. The strike had not happened in reality, and, at that point, most analysts concluded that India was…

Our atoms for peace

PAKISTAN is among eight countries of the world that possess nuclear weapons. This puts our country in the category of nuclear elites like the US, Russia, UK, China, France, India…