As a participant of the Congressional Pakistan Caucus symposium at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2026, I was struck by something that distinguished this gathering from the familiar choreography of bilateral engagement: this was a first. The Congressional Pakistan Caucus had not convened a public symposium before. The room carried the particular energy of […]
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Between Protests and Propaganda
Systemic failures have a way of demanding attention, no matter how aggressively a state attempts to curate its image on the global stage. The recent eruption of violent dissent in Uttar Pradesh, following similar fissures in Manipur and Odisha, serves as a visceral indictment of a governance model that prioritises hyper-nationalist rhetoric over the basic […]
Between Two Fronts
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s warning that India seeks to keep Pakistan “busy on both western and eastern fronts” must be taken at face value. The claim does not emerge from hyperbole. It rings true given New Delhi’s recalibrated outreach in Kabul and Islamabad’s simultaneous diplomatic and security setbacks. India’s renewed presence in Afghanistan, reopening its […]