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Pakistan’s Strategic Ambiguity In Gilgit-Baltistan: How The Kashmir Dispute Enables Control Over A Resource Corridor – OpEd

For more than seven decades, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has existed in a constitutional vacuum. The region formally acceded to Pakistan in

22.11.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Deep Sea Quiet Zones: Why Pakistan Must Close The Mid-Ocean Handover Gap – OpEd

Pakistan sits at the start of the sea leg that carries heroin and methamphetamine out of the Makran coast. That

11.11.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

National Journalists Day In China Reminds Of Foreign Media Under Surveillance – OpEd

China is marking National Journalists Day on November 8, 2025. An observance for expounding on the importance of media freedom

07.11.2025 20

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From Hydropower To Human Capital: India’s Expanding Development Partnership With Bhutan – OpEd

India and Bhutan share a relationship that is both time-tested and forward-looking—a partnership that has matured over seven decades into

06.11.2025 10

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Narcopolitik: Pakistan’s Seizure Diplomacy In The Age Of Surveillance Partnerships – OpEd

When the Pakistan Navy announced its major $1 billion drug bust on 18 October 2025, the news spread across state

03.11.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Governance Failure And Food Crisis: How Bangladesh’s Mismanagement Is Starving Millions – OpEd

Bangladesh is confronting a grave food insecurity crisis that threatens the well-being of roughly 16 million people by the end

01.11.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

ISI’s Shadow Play: Rehabilitating Radical Islamist Networks In Dhaka – OpEd

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is quietly staging a comeback in Bangladesh, leveraging shifting political winds, porous borders, and...

29.10.2025 10

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Pakistan’s False Kashmir Narrative Collapses Amid Crackdown In Occupied Territories – OpEd

As Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again seeks to posture as the guardian of Kashmiri rights, its own record

28.10.2025 10

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Bangladesh’s ‘Peace’ Under The Gun: The Army’s Quiet War In The Chittagong Hill Tracts – OpEd

The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in south-eastern Bangladesh have long stood as a frontier of tension between the state and

27.10.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Xinjiang’s Fallout: The Hidden Victims Of Lop Nur – OpEd

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has long projected its nuclear programme as a symbol of national power and strategic

14.10.2025 10

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

1962: The War That Rewrote India’s Strategic Conscience – OpEd

Wounds heal, but scars remain, reminding us of the wound. The defeat in the 1962 war against China is one

10.10.2025 10

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Mandates Vs. MoUs: Why UN–AU Framework Outperforms Bilateral Security Deals At Sea – OpEd

In the intricate theatre of maritime security, where the world’s trade arteries pulse beneath blue horizons, the difference between order

09.10.2025 10

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

The Dark Truth Of Bangladesh’s 1977 Military Coup And Mass Executions: State Violence Unveiled – OpEd

The horrifying events that unfolded in Bangladesh in 1977 expose a government driven not by justice, but by a chilling

09.10.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir: A Rebellion Pakistan Cannot Contain – OpEd

Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK) is once again on the boil. Over the past week, a wave of mass protests

02.10.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Somalia’s Safer Option: Why The World Trusts Multilateral Patrols, Not Pakistan – OpEd

If Somalia’s aim is safer seas, the evidence is clear. Multinational patrols have delivered protection with a proven record, while

30.09.2025 10

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Winning The Story: Operation Sindoor And The Battle For Truth – OpEd

Narrative battles are now as central to modern conflict as missiles and aircraft. In May 2025, Operation Sindoor tested not

29.09.2025 10

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Pakistan’s Persecution Of Ahmadis: A Human Rights Crisis With Geopolitical Costs – OpEd

The killing of an Ahmadi doctor in Sargodha and the lynching of a man outside an Ahmadi mosque in Karachi

06.09.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Pakistan’s Diplomatic Deception: Exploiting The Obsolete Karachi Agreement To Undermine The Simla Agreement – OpEd

In the perpetual tinderbox of South Asian geopolitics, Kashmir remains a flashpoint fueling a decades-long rivalry between India and Pakistan.

27.07.2025 20

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Press Freedom: Journalists Targeted In Bangladesh’s Crisis – OpEd

Bangladesh’s interim government is waging an aggressive assault on press freedom and minority rights, deepening a national crisis. Journalists,...

23.07.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Spy Vs Spy: How ISI-MI Rivalry Is Tearing Pakistan Apart – OpEd

In Pakistan, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI) have historically experienced periods of power struggle,...

15.07.2025 20

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Bangladesh’s Hindus Face Intensifying Attacks And Forced Displacement Under Yunus-Led Interim Government – OpEd

India recently strongly condemned the demolition of the Durga temple in Dhaka, criticising the role of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim

14.07.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

China’s Battle For Tibet’s Soul: The Fight To Control The Dalai Lama’s Succession – OpEd

All eyes will be on the Dalai Lama when he turns 90 on Sunday, 6 July, as he is likely

05.07.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Pakistan Risks Economic And Diplomatic Isolation By Abandoning Shimla Agreement – OpEd

Following the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, which led to the creation of Bangladesh, the prime ministers of India and Pakistan signed

01.07.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

104 Years Of The CCP: Power, Bloodshed, And Repression – OpEd

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of modern China, officially known as the People’s

01.07.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray

Cash-Strapped Pakistan Struggles To Keep Its Navy Afloat – OpEd

Pakistan is reeling under a severe economic crisis. The nation’s economy is crumbling under the weight of high inflation, a

12.06.2025 20

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Shashwat Gupta Ray