From politicians to cricketers to Islamists, Pakistan is celebrating the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. But, as Beijing flexes its muscles, its attempts to start a…
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As advisors to Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan resort to antisemitic slurs to delegitimize more evidence of contacts with Israel, a strange, contradictory geopolitical quadrangle will…
As the Israel-Gaza conflict raged, India’s UN ambassador backed the ‘just Palestinian cause,’ but police arrested pro-Palestinian protestors in Indian-controlled Kashmir: A dissonance fuelled by…
As the Israel-Gaza conflict rages, India’s UN ambassador backs the ‘just Palestinian cause.’ In Indian-controlled Kashmir, police arrest pro-Palestinian protestors. This is how history, Hindutva…
Don’t believe the noisy calls of solidarity with Gaza. If, and when, an independent Palestine is born, it will be despite the role played by…
Biden’s re-engagement with Iran will reverberate far beyond the Middle East, encompassing Bitcoin, the Taliban and Beijing’s ambitious regional influence game. The cost of failure…
Pakistan’s opposition hosts Hamas at mass rallies against a ‘Jewish-Indian plot’: Illegal funding for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s army-backed party, in exchange for normalizing relations…
Peace by decree works for Gulf autocracies, but it is no model for Pakistan’s raucous democracy. Normalization faces formidable obstacles – but from Muslim scholars…
Normalization with Israel doesn’t mean relinquishing support for the Palestinians. But it would be the kind of political pragmatism that Pakistan, now more than ever,…
Mohammed bin Salman wants Muslim Pakistan to ‘normalize normalization,’ the army wants open relations with Israel, the grassroots are shouting betrayal and Imran Khan could…
The campaign by the leaders of Pakistan and Turkey against blasphemy and free speech in France, aided by their cynical abuse of the Holocaust, is…
Pakistan and Turkey’s campaign against free speech in France, aided by a cynical abuse of the Holocaust, is duplicitous in the extreme. With extremist Muslim…
For India, as for Israel, the split in the Muslim world is a strategic opportunity. It’s in Afghanistan that New Delhi needs Arab Gulf allies…
Boosted by binge viewing during India’s coronavirus lockdown, two international TV series have won fanatic fans. Behind the small screen is a geopolitical drama starring…
Ahmadis, like Israel and Jews, are designated ‘enemies of Islam,’ and hence of Pakistan, accused of working in tandem to provoke crises across the Muslim…
There may be pragmatic reasons for Bangladesh to consider ties with Israel. But having fought our own liberation war against a cruel occupier, we cling…
There may be pragmatic reasons for Bangladesh to consider ties with Israel. But having fought our own liberation war against a cruel occupier, we cling…
Israel offered to recognize newly-founded Bangladesh in 1972. Despite similar independence struggles, the logic of a strategic relationship, and the lack of direct hostilities, they…
The clouds of war were gathering fast before the coronavirus crisis began. Will the pandemic postpone conflict between the two nuclear-powered arch-rivals, centered on the…
Iran banned congregational prayer. Saudi Arabia closed the Ka’aba to pilgrims. Imran Khan allowed a quarter of a million Muslims to gather – and returning…