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.
Articles by S. Abbas Raza
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.
Finance, Not Trade, Rules the Global Economy
January 26, 2026 | China’s record $1.2 trillion surplus meets a new financial reality.