Valdai Club

Sanusha Naidu

Vitaly Naumkin

Vladimir Nazarov

Alexei Nemov

Vyacheslav Nikonov

Ti Lan-An Nguyen

Akramjan Nematov

Mayya Nikolskaya

James Nixey

Almas Haider Naqvi

PhD Scholar at School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Materials

The ‘Islamabad Moment’: When Pakistan Stepped into the World’s Most Dangerous Crisis

Pakistan’s role exists within a “hierarchy of global influence”. While it can create diplomatic openings, it cannot insulate them from the interventions, or the indifference, of major powers. This underscores a broader reality of contemporary diplomacy: “middle powers can initiate processes, but they rarely control their trajectory”, writes Almas Haider Naqvi.

Israel’s Iran Gamble and Pakistan

Pakistan perceives Israel’s Iran gamble as far from a bilateral matter, given its tendency to draw in external actors with far-reaching regional implications. In an era of rapidly shifting global alliances and the transition toward a multipolar order, Pakistan cannot afford detachment, Almas Haider Naqvi writes.

The Potential US-Russia Rapprochement and Pakistan

Trump’s return to the Oval Office and translation of rhetoric into actions and subsequent developments set forth the permissive environment for potential rapprochement with Russia.Reaching a peace deal on the Ukraine conflict will certainly have irreversible impacts on the global geopolitical landscape, European security and the Global South, specifically Pakistan, Almas Haider Naqvi writes.