Mediation at the Edge of Pakistan’s Strategic Reach
Jun 25, 2026
BY SHAFQAT ALI QURESHI There are moments in diplomacy when a state appears to acquire sudden relevance not because it has become stronger, richer, or more coherent, but because geography, relationships, and timing briefly place it at the hinge of someone else’s crisis.
Mediating the Unmedicable: Pakistan’s Constrained Diplomacy in the Shadow of US–Iran Rivalry
Apr 20, 2026
In the enduring theatre of antagonism between the United States and Iran, the role of intermediary states has often oscillated between symbolic facilitation and substantive influence, yet rarely has such mediation occurred without imposing structural constraints upon the mediator itself. For Pakistan, the