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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 Middle East’s contemporary realignment did not begin with the war between Iran and Israel, nor with Iranian strikes on U.S. bases...

By Naade Ali President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) are redefining the U.S.-Saudi alliance to address China’s rising influence and the Gaza...

By Naade Ali Context Afghanistan is once again at the dead center of great power rivalries. The then Soviet Union departed Afghanistan in 1989 abandoning the...

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...

PoliTact's Analysis of Perception and Perspective Context President Donald Trump’s second term has ushered in a foreign policy that departs sharply from the liberal internationalist consensus...