The Islamabad Pivot and the Rise of the Global South’s Diplomatic Order
April 16, 2026 | Peace is not impossible, but the old ways of achieving it are increasingly obsolete.
Articles by Imran Khalid
How Islamabad Just Sidestepped Decades of Failed Middle East Policy
April 9, 2026 | The Pakistan-brokered ceasefire in the Iran war signals a shift in the center of the diplomatic world.
Trump’s Dual Obsessions Are Colliding, and China Is Gaining Ground
April 2, 2026 | Wars and tariffs are combining to administer a one-two punch to U.S. global position.
Why Japan Is Not Laughing at Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jokes
March 24, 2026 | Welcome to a new, transactional era of American foreign policy where history is not a set of lessons to be learned but a rhetorical cudgel to be used against friends.
The Paris Prelude: Why the U.S. and China are Moving Toward a Cold Peace
March 20, 2026 | Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
The Iran War Is Killing Private Credit
March 12, 2026 | The global economy is being shaken up in unanticipated ways.
Trump’s Strategic Disaster in Tehran
March 3, 2026 | The silence in Tehran today is not the silence of a collapsed state but the quiet preparation for a long and expensive retaliation.
Trump’s Tariff Move Risks Prolonged Economic Chaos
February 24, 2026 | America is about to fall into a "150-Day Trap."
Trump Tries to Turn Greenland into Okinawa
February 16, 2026 | It’s part of the new, heightened indifference to sovereignty of the Trump administration.
Washington’s Power Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific
February 6, 2026 | The American gaze has shifted inward, leaving the "Indo" part of the Indo-Pacific to seek its own equilibrium.