Aishwaria SonavaneThe timing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA) signed between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey in August was hard to ignore. It came into existence when the war in West As
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Tara KarthaPakistan is a country of the most interesting contradictions. Recently, authorities appointed a retired general as the head of the newly created Mecca security pact, created to protect Saud
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Tara Kartha A recent speech by Foreign Minister S Jaishankar at the Asia Society saw him in his element: scholar, diplomat and academic, with only a very light overlay of the politician. The conversat
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Aditi BhaduriAs Houthis intensified their attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this month, Saudis turned first to the US, their defence shield for decades, and then, more interestingly, to China. Th
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Shashi Tharoor The ongoing high-stakes summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping has signalled a crucial phase in the recalibration of global geopolitics, with significant implica
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Aishwaria SonavaneA US drone company, Powerus, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan Army that includes an initial, undisclosed order for unmanned aerial systems. Powerus co-fou
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