Pakistan’s Year of Diplomatic Miracles

Islamabad has pulled off repeated coups—but can they last?

Ahmad, a middle aged man in a gray suit, speaks into a microphone while sitting at a long desk. A placard on the desk in front of him says "PAKISTAN" in all caps. October 23, 2025, 12:27 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

It’s hard to say which is a bigger achievement for Islamabad’s diplomacy: U.S. President Donald Trump’s shift toward Pakistan or the buzz over the recently announced Saudi-Pakistani “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement,” both of which are reverberating across Southwest Asia—though the U.S. tilt may prove ephemeral.

The accord highlights a tsunami of near-Kissingerian diplomacy in just the past six months: a stunning reset with the United States—at India’s expe

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