Strategic Autonomy in Multipolar Middle East Order
BY SHAFQAT ALI QURESHI The contemporary invocation of strategic autonomy within the evolving geopolitical architecture of the Middle East reflects less a coherent doctrine and more an aspirational response to an increasingly fragmented international system in which sovereignty is simultaneously asserted and structurally
Between Riyadh and Tehran Strategic Equilibrium and Pakistani Statecraft
simultaneity in which survival is contingent upon sustaining equilibrium between two historically antagonistic yet structurally indispensable regional powers, namely the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. This equilibrium is not a product of diplomatic elegance but of geopolitical compulsion,
Middle Powers Navigate Pakistan Iran Shift After Gulf Rapprochement
By : Shafqat Ali Qureshi The recalibration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran has quietly altered the diplomatic geometry of West and South Asia, creating ripple effects that extend far beyond the Gulf. For Pakistan and Iran, two states long positioned at
Border Energy Tests Sovereignty Markets Diplomacy And Regional Resolve
The map has always mocked the politics. Pakistan sits beside one of the world’s largest holders of natural gas reserves, yet it repeatedly suffers winter shortages, factory shutdowns, household distress and expensive emergency fuel purchases. Iran, separated by a frontier that is difficult