Middle East

  • The Sentence Before the Verdict: When Legal Process Becomes Punishment

    A legal case is supposed to move towards an answer: guilt or acquittal, conviction or release, liability or vindication. When that movement stretches across years, the process begins to acquire a significance of its own, with hearings becoming milestones, adjournments becoming part of daily life, and detention can continue while the central question remains unresolved.…

  • Beyond the Axis of Resistance: How Regional Actors Are Redefining Power in the Middle East

    Six months after the unprecedented escalation in early 2026, the Middle East is navigating a radically altered geopolitical landscape in which traditional alliances are being replaced by transactional diplomacy. On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and much of his senior military command in a…

  • Pakistan’s Digital Expansion Has Outrun Its Media Literacy

    In Pakistan today, a rumour does not need a newsroom, a microphone or even a credible source. All it needs is a smartphone, a provocative caption and a few thousand willing forwards can do the job. A shaky clip from a market, a school, a hospital corridor or a traffic dispute can get a public…

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