Imran Khalid

Imran Khalid is a geostrategic analyst and columnist on international affairs. His work has been widely published by prestigious international news organizations and publications.

The Chip War Against China is Failing

The Rise of the “Conflict-Permanence” Industry

The Dwindling Arsenal and the Twilight of the Western Shield

The Beijing Summit Rewrites Its Rules of Superpower Economic Engagement

The Shipping Shield and Washington’s Strategic Miscalculation

Pope Leo is Building a Theology of Resistance Against DC

China’s Middle East Strategy: Calculated Patience

The Islamabad Pivot and the Rise of the Global South’s Diplomatic Order

How Islamabad Just Side-Stepped Decades of Failed Middle East Policy

Trump’s Dual Obsessions are Colliding and China’s Gaining Ground

Why the US and China Are Moving Toward a Cold Peace

The Iran War is Killing Private Credit

Trump’s Strategic Disaster in Tehran

Trump Tries to Turn Greenland Into Okinawa

Washington’s Power Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific

Finance, Not Trade, Runs the Global Economy

Why the Snatching of Maduro Should Make Washington Worry About the Dollar

The G20 Fracture

The Limits of European Strategic Autonomy

China’s Arms Control White Paper Reconfigures Global Security Governance

The Transatlantic Rift Over Gaza’s Future

NATO’s Five Percent Gamble

The Cold Rush

How China is Turning Climate Action Into Economic Strategy

Can the Downward Spiral in US/China Trade be Stopped?

The Department of War: Trump’s Costly Contradictions

The Limits of India/China Rapprochement

Trump Can Bring Peace to Ukraine, But…It’ll Require More Than Transactional Dealmaking

The Stockholm Accord and the Future of Sino-American Trade

Diplomacy, Not Bombs, Will Defuse the Crisis With Iran

How Stablecoins Are Reinventing Financial Hegemony

After Trade Truce, Can China Rewrite the Tech Rule Book?

The Dollar’s Dilemma

Netanyahu’s Crisis Driven Grip on Power

India and Pakistan’s Crisis: Water, War and Warnings

Trump’s Tariff Gambit

How Trump’s Tariffs are Driving the World Toward Economic Chaos

China Dethrones the US as the Global Leader in Research

How Russia Could Leverage a Ceasefire Against Ukraine

China Tackles Trump’s Trade War and Global Headwinds

From Tariffs to Turmoil

Resettling Gaza: Trump’s Empire-Building Agenda?

Trump’s Tariffs vs. China’s Long Game

NATO, Ukraine and the Looming Challengs of Trump’s Return

Iran Faces a Sobering Recalibration of its Regional Ambitions

Trump Takes Aim at BRICS and the Global Economy

The EU’s Dual Approach: Green Subsidies and Tarriffs on Chinese EVs

How Targeting UN Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

In Fencing China Out is Washington Fencing Itself In?

Hamas Without Sinwar: a Setback or a Catalyst?