Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

How the Iran War Will Reconfigure Militancy in Balochistan thediplomat.com/2026/03/how-th…

Judeo-Christian religionists cannot 'liberate' Iran (or Muslims), argues Kunwar Khuldune Shahid today in the Freethinker. @khuldune freethinker.co.uk/2026/03/judeo-…

The United States’ allies in Asia are paying a heavy price for Donald Trump’s war spectator.com/article/asia-i…

Iran’s new supreme leader will stick to his father’s suicidal course spiked-online.com/2026/03/10/ira…

How the Taliban is exploiting the turmoil in the Middle East spiked-online.com/2026/03/04/how…

Khamenei's imperial Iran laughably self-identified as an ‘anti-imperial’ force. Given that Tehran and proxies (also colonial, expansionist entities) allowed Israel to expand, their 'resistance' was limited to jihad-subjugated people across the Muslim world spectator.com/article/the-mi…

The origins of the Pakistan-Afghanistan war spectator.com/article/the-or…

Pakistan’s Crypto Gambit thediplomat.com/2026/02/pakist… The rapid opening of the country to global crypto players has put a digital-age spin on the military establishment’s decades-old policy of allowing its assets to be used for the geopolitical gains of the highest bidder

Pakistan's terror problem is of its own making spectator.com/article/pakist… It is a direct consequence of the state’s longstanding support for jihadists. For prolonged stability and prosperity, Pakistan needs to undo the Islamist hegemony enforced by the omnipotent, self-serving army

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid argues that Europe’s effort to sever its long-standing energy dependence on Russia amid the Ukraine war has placed the EU in a fraught strategic dilemma Read here: rb.gy/dgs6hq Subscribe here: rb.gy/tymt32

The West will come to rue this betrayal of the Kurds spiked-online.com/2026/02/05/the… The brave men and women who fought ISIS are being punished, while Islamists are being rewarded

Can Pakistan and China Revive Their ‘All-Weather Friendship’? thediplomat.com/2026/02/can-pa… Where improved China-India and Pakistan-US relations could be seen as diplomatic counterplay, the China-US dynamics will continue to influence Islamabad’s relations with Washington and Beijing

Is Pakistan Ready to Reform Its Lethal Blasphemy Laws? thediplomat.com/2026/01/is-pak… Any sustainable reform hinges on Pakistan disowning the idea that blasphemy against Islam merits killing, codified or otherwise

Tday in the Freethinker, @khuldune reflects on the worrying phenomenon of sharia patrols in the west, from Texas to Sweden. 'Any Islamist bids to threaten or blackmail individuals into sharia compliance should be firmly countered to safeguard the fundamental freedoms of one and all, not least of the Muslim population itself. freethinker.co.uk/2026/01/sharia…

Iranians are fighting back against Islamic tyranny spiked-online.com/2026/01/15/ira…

Tulip Siddiq can’t turn her back on Bangladeshi politics now spectator.co.uk/article/tulip-…

Nigeria’s mass school abduction is its worst yet: spectator.co.uk/article/nigeri… As Christians and schoolchildren live in fear, the country’s government plays down the problem – and the world turns a blind eye

Why is there apologia and denial over the persecution of Nigeria’s Christians? spiked-online.com/2025/11/18/why…

How Pakistan Normalized the Murder of a Journalist Who Backed Diplomatic Relations With Israel haaretz.com/opinion/2025-1…

Imtiaz Mir visited Israel and advocated for diplomatic relations with Pakistan, but he also criticized Israeli policy in Gaza and highlighted the plight of Palestinians. Islamists murdered him anyway | Opinion | @khuldune haaretz.com/opinion/2025-1…