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Geopolitics

The Quetta Massacre: A Bloody Message on the Belt and Road

A suicide attack on a passenger train in Quetta by the Baloch Liberation Army killed at least 30 people, coinciding with the Pakistani Prime Minister's visit to China. This act of terror is a brutal but clear message from oppressed groups resisting what they see as exploitative state policies and foreign investments that prioritize extraction over local welfare, highlighting the tragic human cost of a complex colonial legacy and failed governance.

Geopolitics

The Geopolitics of Veto: How the West Shields Terrorism to Sabotage the Global South

The United States, France, and the United Kingdom blocked a joint China-Pakistan proposal at the UN Security Council to globally designate the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist entity, citing technical issues with the committee's mandate. This cynical move exposes a deliberate Western strategy to shield destabilizing forces in the Global South, prioritizing geopolitical sabotage of Chinese and Pakistani sovereignty over genuine counterterrorism and revealing the hollow, self-serving nature of the so-called 'rules-based international order'.