
India should keep close eye on Kabul as General Raziq's death gives ISI crucial role in stabilising Afghanistan
The growing strategic depth that the Taliban in Afghanistan has given to Pakistan's ISI would not be bartered away at any cost, that too at present when it expects greater concessions from Washington, which is willing to negotiate things out

Pakistan Election: Quest for right arithmetic, pre-poll engineering becomes clearer as military shows its hand
The General Election in Pakistan is set to be held on Wednesday and the military's game plan has gradually unravelled, with the latest example being the disqualification and life imprisonment of PML-N's Hanif Abbasi

Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping signal reset at Wuhan, but BRI and Afghanistan may further complicate relations
The “informal dialogue” held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan, popularly dubbed as a strategic reset, besides paving way for unconditional talks, came with the expectation to fundamentally alter the Sino-Indian discourse at two levels: Addressing the bilateral irritants and working towards shaping the international order led by the two Asian powers.

Despite 34 years since Siachen conflict, this High Asia region's strategic implications for India can't be overstated
This year’s 13 April completes 34 years since the army launched 'Operation Meghdoot' and brought the Siachen glacier and Satoro heights under its control.

India should quickly adjust to Af-Pak geostrategic alignment; revival of Pakistani realpolitik is for real
A little more than a year later after the dreadful attack on the Uri brigade headquarters in September 2016, New Delhi wakes up to a new reality, where rapidly evolving geostrategic alignments seem to have swung the game into Pakistan’s favour.

India-Pakistan relations: New Delhi signals strategic shift across LoC, but escalating costs won't deter Rawalpindi
The Kashmir dispute, four resulting wars, cross-border terrorism, and the threat of nuclear escalation have continued to define India-Pakistan relations.