Sameed Basha

One can almost deduce a blueprint between Ukraine, the West, and Russia. As Russia’s assault goes unabated, the West's ability to galvanize a quick response to Ukraine’s pleas wastes time. The current state of affairs displays a division among NATO states.

The covert action taken halfway around the world translated into a rally of U.S stocks and the Dollar, placing a feather in the cap of Obama as he prepared for his 2012 Presidential re-election campaign.

The rulings from the ECP have finally laid to rest the seven-year witch hunt on the foreign funding case against PTI, with another attempt of the establishment attempting to wipe Imran Khan from the political circuit failing.

Issues like Climate Change and vague statements about human rights abuses are sprinkled atop to supplement the regional-themed propaganda aimed at tarnishing China's image to delegitimize its standing in the world.

Unlike the pragmatic nature of relations with Ukraine, Russia’s flirtatious offerings of new beginnings with Pakistan have yet to translate beyond words. Russia faces challenges with shifting alliances as its biggest defence market, India, gravitates towards the United States.

A central theme to the fall of Dhaka had been the display of elitism by West Pakistan and their gross negligence in addressing concerns of their Eastern-wing constituents. It is an understatement to call Mujibur Rehman a 'selected' person of interest by R&AW

With the Taliban back in power in Afghanistan, Pakistan may have come closer to achieving its long-sought “strategic depth” with respect to its western neighbor, with a Pakistan-friendly government in Kabul. But the Taliban’s victory is also seriously testing Pakistan’s relationship with US.

Across Afghanistan, women’s lives are being severely circumscribed as the Taliban moves to reimpose the segregation that marked their previous rule in the 1990s. In short, the issue of women’s rights in Afghanistan faces highly uncertain prospects, and most likely women’s rights will deteriorate.