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PoliTact’s Issue Brief By Naade Ali Context After several rounds of intensive negotiations mediated by Qatar and Türkiye, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend their ceasefire despite...

Naad-e-Ali Sulehria – South Asia Fellow, PoliTact As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues, statement has set in. In recent negotiations, both sides rejected each...

• Last Friday, Hezbollah issued a stern warning that Israel "would receive a real slap in the face," asserting its readiness to counter Israeli aggression endlessly. On the other hand, Israel has threatened to replicate its Gaza offensive in Lebanon. • With all signs indicating the expansion of the conflict and no bargaining chips in hand for negotiations, the likelihood that Hezbollah and Israel would come to a peaceful agreement in the coming days is diminishing, as their major bone of contention, the Israel-Gaza conflict, continues to escalate.

By Arif Ansar Context The fragile security landscape of South Asia is increasingly tied to the volatile geopolitics of the Middle East. As the tripartite tensions...

By Furqan Khan Great Power Politics Fellow, PoliTact Context President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week in Beijing, a summit originally...

The Geography of Stalemate: Risk Thresholds, Narrative Warfare, and the Quest for a New Regional Order By Naade Ali Context Since the war began, it has become...

By Arif Ansar Context The escalation of open warfare between the United States, Israel, and Iran in early 2026—characterized by some as the "Third Gulf War"—has...

How Putin’s Visit, Venezuela Crisis, and Shifts in the Middle East and Afghanistan are Testing New Delhi’s Foreign Policy By Furqan Khan Great Power Politics Fellow When...

PoliTact's Analysis of Perceptions and Perspectives With inputs from Naade Ali and Arif Ansar Context Since the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, there...