ع
Sections
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
Regions
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
More
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • Newsletter

LATEST ISSUE

Latest Issue
Magazine Archive
النسخة العربية
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Tag
  • India-Pakistan Crisis

From Tokyo to Tampa: the rise and rise of Asim Munir

After Pakistan's recent military tensions with India, Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir emerged as a powerful and stabilising force. Who is he?

Kamal Alam 08 June 2025
Shutterstock

From Buddha’s Smile to Nasr: inside India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry

The recent military flare-up begged questions on who would win in the event of a nuclear or conventional war. Here, Al Majalla compares their arsenals and respective journeys to become nuclear powers.

Mohammed Mansour 23 May 2025
India vs Pakistan: arsenals and military spending Diana Estefanía Rubio

India vs Pakistan: arsenals and military spending

India-Pakistan tensions reached a fever pitch after a 22 April attack in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a disputed region divided by a de facto border called the Line of Control. The…

Al Majalla - London 13 May 2025
Taylor Callery

How a multipolar world helped India and Pakistan back from the brink

With "three dozen countries" involved, international diplomacy was key to de-escalation, showing how a multipolar world can offer more levers for peace

Christopher Phillips 13 May 2025

A tenuous truce holds India and Pakistan from the brink

Fares Garabet 12 May 2025
Kashmiri men react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

Tensions will simmer even as they step back from full-blown war

The Economist 11 May 2025
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

How India and Pakistan can pull back from the brink

Exaggerated claims of military success—amplified by the two countries' media—could help each side save face

Ravi Agrawal 10 May 2025

India-Pakistan escalation sparks calls for restraint

Fares Garabet 07 May 2025
Metal debris lies on the ground in Wuyan in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

India strikes Pakistan in 'largest aerial attack in 50 years'

Can the two bitter enemies control a new cycle of escalation?

The Economist 07 May 2025
A social activist protests in Kolkata on April 23, 2025, to condemn the killing of tourists by gunmen in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP

India and Pakistan could come to blows over Kashmir

This week's attack is the worst since 2019

The Economist 24 April 2025
  •  Load More
  • Popular
  • Editor's Pick
Lina Jaradat
Politics

Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

05 December 2025

There was visible warmth when the US and Syrian presidents met in the Oval Office last month, with some even speculating a Trump visit to Damascus. But there is much to do before that happens.

Robert Ford
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

05 December 2025

Following the unprecedented attacks on Qatar, Gulf leaders have pledged to forge a unified defence front, marking a historic shift from cautious neutrality to collective security

Omar Harkous
Jay Torres
Politics

The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

04 December 2025

What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
AFP / Al Majalla
Politics

Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

05 December 2025

When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

Michael Horowitz
Spanish poet Miriam Reyes Wikimedia Commons
Culture & Social Affairs

Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

03 December 2025

With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

Mohammed Al-Bittari

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter

Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.

Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.

OPINIONS

Buying a brain: US approves Saudi purchase of advanced chips

Marco Mossad
Marco Mossad

Banya Natsuishi: a haiku poet detached from all things

Osama Esber
Osama Esber

Despite the whispers, Maher al-Assad is not ‘coming back’ to Syria

Alia Mansour
Alia Mansour

China is redefining global trade dynamics in America’s backyard

Shirley Ze Yu
Shirley Ze Yu
MORE FROM OPINIONS
logo
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • About Al Majalla
  • Al Majalla Team
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
logo

© Al Majalla Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

0:00:00
0:00:00