Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig
Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig – President of Strategic Science Advisory Council (SSAC) – Pakistan. He is an independent observer of global dynamics, with a deep interest in the intricate working of techno-geopolitics, exploring how science & technology, international relations, foreign policy and strategic alliances shape the emerging world order.
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig Pakistan’s debate over new provinces has resurfaced with unusual intensity, but this time the conversation is fundamentally different. For decades, proposals for South Punjab, Hazara, Bahawalpur, or Karachi-centric administrative reforms were viewed largely through the prism of ethnic…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig Balochistan is no longer merely Pakistan’s most unstable province; it is rapidly becoming the battlefield upon which the future integrity of the Pakistani state itself may be decided. The tragedy of Balochistan is no longer merely a story…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig Every few years, whenever the international system begins to reorganize itself under the pressure of great-power competition, technological disruption, economic realignment, and strategic uncertainty, South Asia is compelled to revisit an old but unavoidable question! “Can Pakistan and…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig The visit of President Donald Trump to China from May 13 to 15, 2026, is not merely another diplomatic engagement between Washington and Beijing. It is a strategic encounter taking place at a historical inflection point where the…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig History rarely offers moments where power, pressure, and prudence collide so visibly and so dangerously. The unfolding Iran-United States confrontation is one such moment. At a moment when the world stands on the edge of economic and strategic…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig The Strait of Hormuz has never been just a narrow maritime passage; it is the central lifeline of a strained global order, channeling a vast share of the world’s energy flows in times of stability. When that lifeline…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig The joint U.S.-Israeli military operation “Operation Epic Fury” that eliminated Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei (1939-2026), will be remembered not simply as a military strike, but as a geopolitical rupture. It is the kind of moment…
By Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig In the long shadow of the Durand Line, history rarely sleeps. It mutters through mountain passes, echoes in border posts, and now reverberates in the uneasy silence between Islamabad and Kabul. The present tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan…