Ukraine’s Fire Point Is Courting Pakistan. Pulse Check Episode 11 Asks Whether It Can Work. Plus Pro
Quwa's Pulse Check Season 1 Episode 11 takes up the question raised by Fire Point's approach to Pakistan – whether a Kyiv design house and...
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Türkiye Offered Pakistan a Seat on KAAN. Why Did Pakistan Say ‘No’ in 2016?
Türkiye invited Pakistan into KAAN from 2016. Pakistan chose Project AZM instead. On this episode of Pulse Check, Bilal Khan and Aseem work through what...
Pakistan’s Private Sector Takes Its First Steps Into the Drone Boom Plus Pro
Pakistan’s private sector has started to enter the country’s military drone effort, a space it has long been kept out of. Three developments across 2026...
Is Iran Becoming the Middle East’s Leading Power? A Retired Pakistani General Weighs In Plus Pro
Pakistan brokered the April 2026 US–Iran ceasefire while pledged to defend Saudi Arabia. A retired Pakistani general unpacks the paradox on Quwa's Pulse Check.
Pakistan’s Nuclear Program Was Never Just a Weapons Grab Plus Pro
For close to three decades, the conventional account of Pakistan’s nuclear program has rested on a single premise: that Pakistan acquired the bomb through procurement,...
Analysis: How Pakistan Can Build a Stealth ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone Plus Pro
A pragmatic alternative to a fifth-generation fighter is taking shape — and a 2021 Quwa analysis predicted much of it. A new Pulse Check episode...
Turkey’s Defence Industry Is Real, but Scale Will Slow It Plus Pro
Turkey's defence advancements are genuine, anchored in decades of gradual R&D investment and Western industrial integration — but without consortium partners like Pakistan, Indonesia, and...
Islamabad Talks Stall as Pakistan Squanders Its Iran Moment
When Pakistan stepped up to mediate between the United States and Iran in early 2026, the Islamabad talks were positioned as a serious diplomatic opening....
Pakistan’s Saudi Defence Pact: The Ambiguity Returns
When Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif signed the Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) in September 2025, the moment was framed as a watershed in Pakistan-Gulf...
Why Washington’s Pakistan Missile Alarm Isn’t About ICBMs
When the US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18 that Pakistan “potentially could” develop ICBMs capable of...