As the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group steams into the Caribbean and US forces intensify operations against alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration appears to be signaling a more aggressive posture toward Venezuela. While the official justification centers on counter-narcotics enforcement, the scale and symbolism of deploying the world’s largest aircraft carrier suggest [...]
The Grand Chamber judgment delivered unanimously by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) July 9 in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia represents a transformative moment in international human rights law. The ruling does far more than document Russia’s systematic violations from 11 May 2014 to 16 September 2022. It fundamentally recalibrates the ECHR’s [...]
Pakistan’s proposed Twenty-Seventh Constitutional Amendment (PCA), which is being hurried through Parliament, introduces sweeping changes to the country’s judicial and military structures. The amendment seeks to restructure the Supreme Court, establish a new Federal Constitutional Court, and redefine the hierarchy of the armed forces. Whether the PCA undermines judicial independence is a serious concern in [...]
“Left out here and driven away from there” — this old Dari proverb describes a person who has been rejected from both sides, meaning they can neither stay in the first place nor be accepted in the second. For 20-year-old Yasna, a young Afghan woman, and hundreds of thousands of other Afghan people who fled [...]
As the world faces unprecedented challenges—global conflicts, humanitarian crises, and a growing sense of injustice—it is imperative that we establish a robust and credible Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. The successful establishment of this tribunal greatly depends on its leadership, which must be characterized by both depth of experience and a [...]
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory, I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s human to become an agent of the angel of death. Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Holocaust survivor and [...]
Pakistan, established in 1947 as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims, occupies a pivotal position in regional geopolitics, navigating complex relationships with neighboring Afghanistan and global powers. While Pakistan seeks strategic autonomy through cooperative alliances, its most pressing challenge emerges from the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a nation it regards as a brotherly Muslim state. This article [...]
Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the current US Supreme Court has become one of the most partisan in American history. This judicial devotion to party could not come at a more dangerous time, as President Donald Trump endeavors to amass more power for the presidency than any prior chief executive. The Supreme Court has always [...]
In June 2025, the US launched Operation Midnight Hammer against three Iranian nuclear sites. Iran retaliated with a missile attack on coalition forces at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Now, four months later, with tensions still high and Iran’s Foreign Minister having urged world leaders on September 19 to “hoose diplomacy over confrontation” because [...]
“We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, the military will “kill people and break things for a [...]
