Pakistan has the world’s attention. Now it must focus inwards

Global Analysis by Policy Wire: In a world edging dangerously close to a wider war, where weeks of escalation between the United States, Israel and Iran have threatened to spiral into a catastrophic...

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April 17, 2026 One Min Read

Global Analysis by Policy Wire:

In a world edging dangerously close to a wider war, where weeks of escalation between the United States, Israel and Iran have threatened to spiral into a catastrophic regional conflict, Pakistan has emerged as an unlikely but decisive diplomatic actor.
Through sustained backchannel engagement and careful balancing of competing alliances, Islamabad helped bring two deeply distrustful…

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