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Pakistan-Iran relations in the wake of the Iran-Israel Conflict 0
- Blog, Economic Security, Featured Articles, National Security
- August 11, 2025
Escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict provides both challenges and opportunities for Pakistan-Iran relations, with tight balancing presenting the only way forward. Israel attacked Iran, which was followed by the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites by the US to annihilate the Iranian nuclear program. Pakistan was quick to condemn these actions and show its support forREAD MORE
Climate Change and Pakistan’s Economy 0
- Blog, Climate Security, Economic Security, Food Security, National Security
- August 7, 2025
Climate change is not a distant threat but appears to be an immediate crisis reshaping our present. Economic factors in policy circles often revolve around GDP growth, IMF loans, trade deals, and foreign exchange reserves. But the word economy for an average Pakistani might be a bit different like a farmer in Badin, it isREAD MORE
How effective is the global support for Pakistan’s climate crisis?0
- Blog, Climate Security, Economic Security, Food Security, National Security
- August 7, 2025
Global support for Pakistan’s climate crisis remains insufficient and slow. Pakistan faces relentless heatwaves, floods, glacier melt, and economic disruption while contributing under 1% of global carbon emissions. International partners pledged nearly $11 billion after the devastating 2022 floods, but by mid-2025, Pakistan had received only $4.9 billion—less than half the total. That stark shortfallREAD MORE

Iran-Israel Conflict and its impact on regional stability 0
- Blog, Economic Security, Energy Security, National Security
- August 7, 2025
In the Middle East, Israel's war with Iran has affected the regional stability paradigm, potentially shaping the future. Israel, on June 13, launched deadly attacks on Iran, targeting its nuclear and military sites, killing a number of Iran's top nuclear scientists and military leaders, among other civilians. Iran retaliated by firing missiles towards Israel, whichREAD MORE
Strategic Takeaways for Pakistan from Iran-Israel Escalation 0
- Blog, National Security
- August 1, 2025
Pakistan must draw strategic lessons from the 12-day Iran-Israel war of June 2025 that ended with a ceasefire brokered by the US. Pakistan must treat this conflict as a strategic stress test. Three core lessons are to be taken: the fragility of regional stability, the limits of traditional deterrence, and the centrality of balanced diplomacy.READ MORE
Terrorism and Blame Games: A Barrier to India-Pakistan Normalization 0
- Blog, Human Security, National Security
- July 15, 2025
India’s fixation on blaming Pakistan for every terror incident has become a convenient excuse to stall dialogue and dodge difficult questions of peace. Terrorism is undoubtedly a regional menace, but in South Asia it has also been politically instrumentalized, notably by India against Pakistan. Instead of engaging in meaningful dialogue, successive Indian governments, particularly underREAD MORE