Abubakar Siddique

The war between the United States, Israel, and Iran has become the most dangerous conflict in the Middle East this century. Now in its second month, it has also produced an unlikely diplomatic protagonist. Pakistan, a country rarely associated with Middle Eastern peacemaking, has positioned itself as the principal intermediary […]

For the first time in their tumultuous and fraught relations spanning nearly eight decades, Pakistan and Afghanistan are locked in a simmering war. The two predominantly Sunni Muslim neighbors are stuck in a political and military stalemate. Both are unlikely to de-escalate or score an outright military victory. The United