Rehan Ahmed

The writer is a  senior editor of The Geopolitics. He is a candidate of International Relations and Journalism based in Pakistan

Defiance, Frenmity and the Other’s War

After decades of political struggle with his apparently populist agenda the newly elected premier of Pakistan – Imran Khan – has finally taken over...

Talibanistan: The Ugly Palm Lines of Pakistan

The unimagined discrepancy between the anticipations and the status quo of the state of Afghanistan has turned the task of eliminating terrorism in Afghanistan...

The Age of the Exile

“No one leaves home unless the home is the mouth of a shark.” Migration brings with it an inescapable sense of disorientation. Refugees and...

From The Ruins of Unipolarity

The recent unilateral take by the US followed by backflip on several of its global policies from its traditional approach as a global cop...

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