RidaAnwaar

Research Fellow-SVI | Lecturer@ Bahria Uni |Mphil-IR |NDU| Envrionmental governance, China, great powers & foreign policy |Ex-RA @CSCR_pk |[email protected]

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

PUBLICATION📌
My piece:"SCO: a tool of multilaterlaism with Chinese characteristics" has been published in @ISSIslamabad 's PIVOT Magazine.
Honoured to have my name alongside my teachers & admired practitioners. Alhamdulillah for this start to 2026. Here is to never stopping🙏

[Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) @AsiaPolicy]

The Strait of Hormuz may be reopening, but Asia’s recovery from the Iran crisis will take time. In a new webinar, @wendyscutler, Tatsuya Terazawa (@IEEJ_Japan), @MatteoLanzafame, Julia Tijaja (@CSISIndonesia) & Jenny Gordon (@WhatAustThinks) discuss energy security, supply chains, food prices, and regional cooperation. https://t.co/E0pHQEHtF1

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

Proud proud ✨️

[Dawn.com @dawn_com]

Cursor, an AI startup co-founded by Pakistani-born Sualeh Asif, has secured a $60 billion acquisition deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to multiple reports.

https://t.co/4pGg9mj4Mz

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

Proud moment for Pakistan ✨️

[Li Zexin 李泽欣 @XH_Lee23]

🇨🇳👨🏻‍🚀🇵🇰Two Pakistani astronauts, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud, are selected to train in China.

After the training and assessments, one will travel to China's space station, becoming the first foreign astronaut to enter China Space Station.

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

Inspiring 🙏✨️

[Ilhan Niaz @IlhanNiaz]

Back in 1999, the question was “Can Pakistan be saved?”

In 2026, the question is “Can Pakistan save the world?”

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

Honored 🙏

[Pivot_ISSI @Pivot_ISSI]

We are honored to share our latest contribution-“SCO: A Tool of Multilateralism with Chinese Characteristics” by Rida Anwar.
An insightful analysis of evolving global governance, the “Shanghai Spirit”,China’s distinctive multilateral approach within the SCO framework @RidaAnwaar

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

2/2 First blockading The Blockade & now, the Chinese defense minster taking the stage seems to the slow enticing towards exploring harder options. When Taiwan is no more an issue for China,exploring the last resort of getting the barracks ready doesn't seem to be a bas option.

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

1/2 In my last article I had analysed the future of U.S-China relations by saying that 🇺🇸 is forgoeing the credibility of the int. system & enticing China slowly but on equal footing. In the light of the recent events, it seems to be unfolding..

[Stratheia @stratheia]

The expiration of New START is more than a treaty lapse—it marks the loss of the last nuclear guardrails between major powers. @RidaAnwaar
#NewSTART #NuclearStability #ArmsControl
Read Full Article: https://t.co/jEfot2tDdv

[Press TV 🔻 @PressTV]

"We have no optimism when it comes to the US."

@s_m_marandi highlights that the Trump regime in particular is "exceptionally dishonest and deceitful."

Follow Press TV on Telegram: https://t.co/LWoNSpkc2J

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

Baat bang jaegi. Hopefully fingers crossed.

[Vali Nasr @vali_nasr]

I told @nytimes that the size and composition of Iran’s delegation shows “that they have not come to stonewall,” but are there with full authority and seriousness to reach a deal with the United States. Such a large delegation of experts would only be deployed if negotiations were in the final stages of a deal, not for an initial testing of the waters. Tehran and Washington might have advanced in talks further than publicly known during back-channel messaging mediated by Pakistan over the past weeks.” https://t.co/TzTEGOlH8D

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

@HammadWaleed7 Goes to show, they dont want the saner and credible voices to know the real info. Yes many of us know what we are talking about instead of repeating one line over and over again about JD's tie.

[Hamid Mir حامد میر @HamidMirPAK]

This is the same place which was bombed by Indians last year in May and they claimed total destruction. All delegations arrived at the same place.

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

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[Baqir Sajjad @baqirsajjad]

The announcement about operationalization of Pakistan - Saudi Arabia defense agreement was made as mediation between US and Iran was underway in Islamabad.

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

👌👌👌

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

If I understand correctly, ships seeking safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz are required to make payments to Iranian entities that are either formally sanctioned or additionally designated as terrorist organizations by the US and EU.
In other words, it all comes down to a simple, binary choice: either maximum pressure on Iran together with maximum pressure on the global energy market, or sanctions relief on Iran as a condition for relief of the global energy crisis.
That is the scale of the astounding US-Israeli victory in their latest war.
More brilliant achievements to come.

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

China has overtaken the US in global approval ratings, as Trump’s war on Iran reaches a fragile ceasefire.

A Gallup poll on Friday showed US ratings declined in 2025, while attitudes towards China improved. It found approval of US leadership had sunk to a near record-low of 31%– even before the US-Israeli war on Iran.

The shift rewards apparent efforts by China to present itself as a more stable superpower than the US, as well as the US President’s destabilising foreign policies, ranging from tariffs to territorial attacks.

Since February, China has pushed for deescalation in the Gulf war, encouraging Pakistan to mediate and reportedly pressing Iran to agree to the ceasefire.

Both Pakistan and Iran are highly dependent on China. The tenuous ceasefire falls short of demands from both warring parties. Is China the only winner in this war so far?

[RidaAnwaar @RidaAnwaar]

If this is out of nowhere..
The war will end soon. Who kmows Melania might be taking the prace prize this time.

[Michael Tracey @mtracey]

This is gobsmacking. Not only did Melania Trump suddenly decide to give a televised address about Jeffrey Epstein, she's calling on Congress to "act," because Epstein was "not alone." So she just threw a giant stick of political dynamite on the issue her husband despises!

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"I think it's clear Netanyahu was under some significant pressure."

@Stone_SkyNews explains Israel's decision to hold direct talks with Lebanon came after pressure from the White House.

@SkyYaldaHakim | https://t.co/vQTO7fOScm

[Michael Millerman @millerman]

Henry Kissinger's speechwriter Winston Lord once spent days on a report, then submitted it. Kissinger sent it back: 'Is this the best you can do?' Lord rewrote it, resubmitted. Same response. This went on 3-4 times. Finally Lord snapped: 'Damn it, yes, it's the best I can do.' Kissinger: 'Fine, then I guess I'll read it this time.'
This is exactly how I work with Claude.

[Dan Qayyum @DanQayyum]

Flight tracking data and open source intelligence confirm a Pakistan Air Force IL-78MP tanker aircraft circling over the eastern Gulf near Bahrain, no call sign, actively supporting fighter jets. Separately, PAF fighter jets have been spotted over Bandar Abbas, Iran, providing escort to the Iranian delegation's aircraft. An AWACS platform has been deployed to establish what defence analysts are calling a "protective shield" across the flight path, designed to prevent any Israeli interdiction of the Iranian delegation en route to the talks.

This is a nuclear-armed state deploying its air force as a diplomatic guarantee in the middle of a live war.

[Raza Ahmad Rumi @Razarumi]

TIME: “…Pakistan’s 1960s capital will be thrust into an unfamiliar global spotlight this weekend when it hosts arguably the most consequential diplomatic meeting of recent years.”