Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
Welcome to club economics
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- September 22, 2026
THE XVIII BRICS Summit in New Delhi will be remembered not for what it brought together, but for what it successfully kept apart. For…
Kazan forum & Putin’s vision
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- May 9, 2026
AT a time when the global order no longer coheres around a single centre of gravity, the growing prominence of the Kazan Forum reflects something…
Europe’s energy crunch
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- April 28, 2026
FOR Europe, conflict in the Middle East is never a distant spectacle. It reaches the continent through shipping lanes, commodity markets and household budgets long…
Sharif’s Moscow pivot
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- March 1, 2026
AS Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prepares to touch down in Moscow tomorrow for a landmark official visit, the wintry air of the Russian capital carries…
Trump, Russia & Ukraine peace
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- February 11, 2026
IN global politics, moments of transition are more important than moments of certainty. Wars do not end because one side changes its mind; they end…
Mapping the 10th IGC outcomes
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- December 3, 2025
THE 10th Pakistan–Russia Intergovernmental Commission (IGC), held in Islamabad from 25 to 27 November 2025, will be remembered less for its ceremonial optics and more…
Strategic stubbornness & illusion of power
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- June 2, 2025
History reveals that a nation’s true character emerges not through loud declarations but wise actions. In the May 2025 India-Pakistan flare-up, India’s launch of Operation…
Strategic stubbornness & illusion of power
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- May 29, 2025
History reveals that a nation’s true character emerges not through loud declarations but wise actions. In the May 2025 India-Pakistan flare-up, India’s launch of Operation…
Russia-Ukraine talks 2.0
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- May 18, 2025
PEACE is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it by peaceful means, wrote Ronald Reagan. As the Ukraine crisis enters…
The future of Ukraine
- By Gul i Ayesha Bhatti
- March 5, 2025
THE geopolitical landscape surrounding Ukraine is undergoing a significant transformation, highlighted by recent high-level diplomatic engagements between the United States and Russia in Riyadh, Saudi…
