Syed Ahmed Ali
AI Integration in Pakistan: Implications and Way Forward
- By Syed Ahmed Ali
- September 16, 2026
Among the emerging technologies, AI has emerged as a breakthrough capability that has reshaped labour relations, digital governance, national security and development. Scholars have likened…
From “Never Again” to Nuclear Coercion: Forgetting the Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- By Syed Ahmed Ali
- August 10, 2026
‘A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again’, these were the words which President Trump used on 7 April 2026 in…
Guardians of the Frontier: Remembering the Parachinar Air Battle
- By Syed Ahmed Ali
- May 22, 2026
In May 1986, Parachinar Valley reverberated with the roar of F-16’s engines, as Squadron Leader Abdul Hameed Qadri navigated the rugged terrain, looking to intercept…
Marka-e-Haq to the Peace Talks: Pakistan’s Middle Power Status
- By Syed Ahmed Ali
- April 30, 2026
On 7th May 2025, Pakistan’s military forces took the international security community by surprise when it demonstrated operational superiority against its larger belligerent adversary India…
Xi’s foreign policy in 2023
- By Syed Ahmed Ali
- March 23, 2024
THE year 2023 was very happening in terms of Chinese foreign policy as the country’s leadership followed a path of ‘great rejuvenation of the…
Pakistan’s Madrassah Conundrum
- By Syed Ahmed Ali
- August 11, 2023
THE madrassah sector in Pakistan constitutes a large segment of students seeking religious education. These madrassas are often regarded as pursuing specific political and ideological…
