South Asia
Security competition, border crises, insurgency, and strategic posture across South Asia.
51 Dispatches
Pakistan Besieged: How the Balochistan Insurgency and Afghan War Are Converging at Once
Pakistan faces a hardened Baloch insurgency, an undeclared war with Afghanistan, the TTP, and IMF dependency—all at the same time, with no clean exit.
Pakistan's Forever War with Afghanistan Settles Into a Grinding Stalemate
Two months into Pakistan's air war on the Afghan Taliban, the bombing has produced no concessions, drones keep crossing the border, and Islamabad's recovery is unraveling.
The Iran Ceasefire: What We Know and What We Don't
Inside the two-week Iran ceasefire over the Strait of Hormuz, the rival US and Iranian peace plans, the pressures that forced both sides to the table, and whether it can hold.
Iran War Update: The F-15 Rescue, a Rejected Ceasefire, and Trump's Hormuz Deadline
How US forces extracted a downed F-15E airman deep inside Iran, why Tehran rejected Pakistan's ceasefire, and the strikes converging on Iran's energy grid.
The Biggest Losers of the Iran War So Far: How the Conflict Spilled Past Iran's Borders
A region-by-region map of the Iran War's global fallout, from the Gulf's desalination crisis to India's fuel shock, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Asia's energy triage.
Pakistan and Afghanistan Are Still at War: The Cross-Border Conflict the World Stopped Watching
As the Iran war dominates headlines, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have descended into open conflict, with airstrikes on Kabul, daily border skirmishes, and tens of thousands displaced.
The Iran Ceasefire: What We Know and What We Don't
A two-week ceasefire pauses the Iran war as competing US and Iranian peace plans, immense pressure, and an open question over whether it holds.
Pakistan Just Bombed Kabul.
Pakistan launched airstrikes on Kabul after Afghan Taliban forces crossed the Durand Line in a coordinated offensive. A full breakdown of the conflict.
Pakistan is in Crisis. Could It End in Collapse?
Pakistan faces simultaneous crises in 2026: a massive BLA insurgency in Balochistan, the Pakistani Taliban's resurgence, political repression, economic collapse, and overextended alliances.
Blueprints for the Next Pakistan-India War
Analyze the military doctrines, troop numbers, and strategic scenarios defining the next potential conventional war between India and Pakistan.
Bulgaria's Gen-Z Uprising Topples Government in December 2025
How Bulgaria's Gen-Z protesters forced a government resignation on 11 December 2025, marking Europe's first youth-led collapse on the scale of Nepal.
The Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact: A Mutual Defense Deal Already in Doubt
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact in September. Months later, a nuclear question, an Islamic NATO debate, and an uninvoked clause cloud its future.