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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 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...

Policy Brief - Vantage Point Analysis Context The recent meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Field Marshal Asim Munir,...

By Naade Ali South Asia and Middle East Analyst Context Since the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan in the aftermath of 2020 Doha Agreement,...

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...

Policy Brief – Analysis of Perceptions and Perspectives Navigating India, Pakistan, Iran, and U.S. Pressures Context Afghanistan’s strategic outlook is undergoing a dramatic overhaul amid escalating connectivity...