The tragedy in Islamabad is not merely a story of fire; it is a catastrophic failure of institutional competence that demands more than platitudes and promises of inquiry.
By Dana Whitfield ·
You learn quickly in this life—on the border, on the factory floor, or watching global flashpoints like this one—that nothing is ever truly free.
By Alma Cordero ·
The global economy, it seems, has finally found a profitable niche for paranoia. The Kremlin taught us that information is leverage; Beijing has simply packaged and sold the entire ledger.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The moment a group of powerful states—Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan—sign an agreement to treat any attack against one as an attack against all, you know what is being done.
By Bram de Vries ·
The headlines are all about a trilateral pact signed in Mecca. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan—three major players, three different economies, and now bound by the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The narrative surrounding Mallory Geis’s body—recovered after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak—is ostensibly one of mountaineering tragedy.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Another methane cloud, another stack of bodies in Balochistan. At least 34 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through a coal mine near Quetta on Thursday.
By Josie Calloway ·
The news coming out of Pakistan’s Karakoram range is a grim reminder that some human endeavors are built on fragile, spectacular negligence.
By Alma Cordero ·
The world seems determined to confuse negotiation with weakness. Look at the Middle East right now—a volatile theater where the promise of dialogue is being act…
By Grant Colby ·