Ceasefires and the Age of Impulse Diplomacy
May 12, 2026 | Can the three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine point to a more durable peace?
Articles by Imran Khalid
The Shipping Shield and Washington’s Strategic Miscalculation
May 7, 2026 | If the United States continues to treat the global commons as a zero-sum battlefield, it may find that it has not cornered its rival but has instead isolated itself from the very infrastructure of the modern world.
How Pope Leo XIV is Building a Theology of Resistance Against Washington
April 30, 2026 | The Vatican has stepped into a vacuum of moral authority.
Beijing’s Calculated Patience in the Middle East
April 24, 2026 | Xi Jinping is betting that in a world weary of chaos, the power that brings equipment, credit, and continuity will ultimately prevail.
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.
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.