Analysis

The story of Palestine stretches from the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis, through the sixty-seven words of the 1917 Balfour Declaration that promised a Jewish national home in a land overwhelmingly inhabited by Arabs, to the 1988 proclamation of statehood by Yasser Arafat in Algiers, and on to the historic moment in September 2025 when G7 nations — France, the UK, and Canada — recognized Palestinian statehood for the first time. Today, 157 of 193 UN member states recognize the State of Palestine, yet nearly six million Palestinians still live without full sovereignty over their claimed territories. This is the complete factual account — ancient scripture, colonial diplomacy, international law, and the human reality on the ground.

Yasir Rai

Jun 1521 min

America is buying time. Pakistan is selling it. Trump has set hard Iran deadlines in March, April, May, and now June. Each has slipped. The negotiation everyone insists is almost there hasn't closed in four months. And Pakistan — written off as "isolated" two years ago — is the one country both Washington and Tehran still call.

ISN MEDIA

Jun 616 min

In June 2026, the United States government ordered Anthropic to disable its most powerful AI models for all users worldwide — not because the technology failed, but because the company refused to let the Pentagon use it for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The retaliation was swift: a federal blacklist, a supply chain ban, personal attacks on the CEO, and an export control directive with no parallel in the industry. This is not a story about cybersecurity. This is a story about power — about who controls the most consequential technology on Earth, and what happens to those who say no. Connecting the Anthropic crisis to Yuval Noah Harari's thesis that whoever controls AI discourse in the twenty-first century will lead the globe, this paper argues that the security dilemma has shifted irreversibly from conventional warfare to technological warfare. AI is a monster — not because it is evil, but because it is powerful beyond the capacity of any existing institution to contain it.

Jhanzaib Bhojia

Jun 16

In 1962, the United States government ordered the Israel lobby to register as a foreign agent. The lobby changed its name instead. Six decades later, that renamed organization — AIPAC — spent $126.9 million in a single election cycle, funded 361 congressional candidates, and made the most expensive House primary in American history to destroy a Kentucky congressman who proposed cutting aid to Israel. The United States has given Israel over $310 billion since 1948 — more than any nation in the post-war world. A Pentagon audit found it couldn't fully track where the weapons went. The State Department acknowledged they likely violated international law. And the lobby that secures it all has never registered as a foreign agent. This is the documented story — from a biblical covenant in Genesis, through a 67-word British letter in 1917, to the $34 million Kentucky primary of May 2026. Every dollar traced. Every claim sourced. The line between fact and conspiracy drawn in permanent ink.

Yasir Rai

Jun 15

Does Pakistan Already Feed the Poor Through Zakat and Bait-ul-Mal? The country's existing systems of giving, beside the state cash programme By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, factual answer about Pakistan's existing systems of giving and how they relate to the...

ISN MEDIA

Jun 154 min

Why Is Pakistan's Debt Mostly Domestic? Most of the interest bill is owed at home, and that changes the problem By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, factual answer about why most of Pakistan's interest is owed at home rather than abroad. The figures are Budget Est...

ISN MEDIA

Jun 154 min

Why Do Educated Pakistanis Leave the Country? The reasons behind one of the world's largest skilled emigrations By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, factual answer about why skilled and educated Pakistanis emigrate, and how the question connects to the budget. For...

ISN MEDIA

Jun 1519 min

What Is BISP and How Much Is Its 2026-27 Budget? Pakistan's largest cash safety net, and its Rs 844.8 billion allocation By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, factual answer about the Benazir Income Support Programme and its 2026-27 allocation. The figures are Budg...

ISN MEDIA

Jun 154 min

What Is a Primary Surplus, in Plain English? The budget balance before interest, and why it matters for Pakistan By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 4-min read This is a short, plain-English explanation of a term that appears often in budget coverage. The figures are Budget Estimates from t...

ISN MEDIA

Jun 154 min

What Is the Total Size of Pakistan's 2026-27 Budget? The headline figure, what it includes, and how it compares with last year By the ISN Media desk • June 2026 • Approx. 5-min read This is a short, factual answer to a common question about Pakistan's federal budget for the financial year 2026-27....

ISN MEDIA

Jun 154 min