Tag: UnitedStates
Pakistan Is Useful Again. Can That Last?
A few years ago Pakistan was slipping out of international view. Relations with the West had deteriorated, domestic politics were consumed by the confrontation surrounding former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and an economy close to default left Islamabad dependent on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and on emergency support from…
US Strikes Near Bushehr as Truce Fractures
The collapse of the Islamabad Memorandum's fragile truce is not an accidental drift. It reflects a calculated Iranian strategy to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, where Tehran has pushed commercial vessels toward routes and protocols set by the regime itself, a bid for what Britannica describes as hegemonic…
