“New Pakistan” – what’s the truth?
September 27, 2018 3 min. read

Imran Khan, elected on his good looks and apparent disagreement with the status quo, was going to bring with him sweeping change, transforming the country into what he called “Naya Pakistan,” or “New Pakistan”. His two-decade-long journey to the premier house in Pakistan has not gone unnoticed. After losing the last national elections in 2013, […]

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Australia’s role in drone strikes – connecting the dots
January 10, 2018 5 min. read

Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap, or “the base” as its known by locals of the surrounding township of Alice Springs in central Australia, was established in the late 1960s as a key site for US intelligence gathering. The largest part of its operations is to serve as a signals intelligence ground station for satellites in […]

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Don’t Put Pakistan in the Rearview Mirror
August 29, 2017 6 min. read

As President Trump eyes a hardening line towards Pakistan, its clear that somehow my country has ended up in the rearview mirror.

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China’s ‘Colonial Investments’ Run into Rough Weather in the Indian Subcontinent
March 30, 2017 7 min. read

With protests against China’s investments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Pakistan, the country’s ambitious expansion via economics in the Indian subcontinent is not going as well as Beijing had imagined.

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Of Drones and Overseas Military Bases: The New Face of the War on Terror
January 16, 2017 5 min. read

In the summer of 2016, thousands of German citizens stood outside of Ramstein Air Base to protest U.S. drone strikes conducted from there.

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Junaid Jamshed: Pakistan’s Bridge
December 12, 2016 4 min. read

Junaid Jamshed was simultaneously a modern 20-something, bringing music to the youth in Pakistan, and a preacher speaking to the religiously fervent.

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The Blasphemy Behind Blasphemy in Pakistan
November 9, 2016 4 min. read

Until the masses are continually led to believe that the honor of Islam is theirs to protect, legislation will not solve extrajudicial killing.

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The Tattered Mirage of a South Asian Union is Dying Fast – Pt. 3
October 4, 2016 8 min. read

The escalating India-China rivalry in the region is increasingly dwarfing all other issues regarding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

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