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How the West lost Turkey and India is paying the price

As Turkey and Ankara try to cobble together a pan-Islamic bloc rooted in grievance and revanchism, India must do more to support the Saudi–UAE axis in West Asia and reinforce its alignment with moderate Muslim powers like Indonesia

Why the US must stop playing snake charmer to Pakistan

Washington must finally walk away from the fantasy that Pakistan can be charmed, coaxed, or reasoned with. It is not an ally. It is a state that uses terrorism as a tool of foreign policy

Pakistan's proxy war against Baloch people: ISKP’s threats and militarisation of Balochistan

In a region already plagued by decades of militarisation, enforced disappearances, and economic marginalisation, the insertion of an extremist element like Islamic State Khorasan Province could lead to widespread civilian casualties and further radicalisation

Indus waters: China must recognise India’s rights before advocating for Pakistan

Until recently, China always rejected the idea that lower riparian countries have any rights on a river. Now to defend Pakistan, China is saying the opposite

Beyond the Lines | India’s long game to end Pakistan’s short wars: The postscript of Op Sindoor

The era of running a short war and finishing with a scratch or two is over

ASEAN is balancing great powers as it moves forward, steadily and with purpose

The recent Kuala Lumpur summit shows that ASEAN is not adrift. It is weathering the currents of change with a steady hand, attempting to chart a course that prioritises peace, development, and cooperation

Operation Sindoor: For India, deterrence lies in hard military power

Operation Sindoor has proved that conventional power, wielded with precision, can eliminate threats and convey a message without the attendant fear of a mushroom cloud

How China’s Baloch outreach signals Beijing’s loss of trust in Pakistan

Beijing has realised over the years that the Pakistani army is unable to control the rising freedom movement in Balochistan; thus, it decided to break protocol and engage directly with Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar, an alliance of Baloch freedom groups

How Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web marks the death of distance in strategic warfare

This isn’t just about Russia. It’s about the growing irrelevance of strategic sanctuaries in modern warfare — the idea that command centres, bomber fleets, and critical infrastructure are safe if positioned far enough from the front line has been shattered

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India is alarmed by the anti-democratic nature of the interim government of Bangladesh and is closely monitoring the situation on ground

Head-on | Why India’s geopolitical rise is historically unprecedented

Just as India’s non-colonial, non-invasive ascent shames the imperial West, China too is shamed by India’s democracy and freedoms

Ticking Taiwan Strait: Waiting for a war everyone sees coming

Taiwan today is a barometer of the state of the liberal international order, the legitimacy of deterrence theory, the stability of the world economy, and the integrity of alliance politics

Mad with power and vengeance, Yunus risks taking Bangladesh down with him

Yunus has thrown up too many balls in the air, and it remains to be seen if he is a wizard to pull it off, or n usurper who risks taking Bangladesh down with him

How religion, and not patriotism, motivates the Pakistan Army

The idea of patriotism never seems to have appealed to the Pakistani army, which grew up from the colonial past only to become an ideologically motivated force imagining itself as the legatee of the mediaeval Arab and Turkish armies

Yunus’s obsession with power and support for Islamists are pushing Bangladesh to the brink

Muhammad Yunus likes conflict because he uses it to gain power. Conflict gives him the leeway to pronounce his continuity. He will try to muddy the water to secure as much leverage as he can

300 years on, Ahilyabai Holkar still defines true Nari Shakti

Saturday was the 300th birth anniversary of a queen whose contributions revived not just the temples but also led to a re-emergence of a Hindu consciousness

Trump 2.0 and India-US relations: Mistakes, blunders, more mistakes, more blunders

Trump’s dramatic shift on Pakistan—from his first term and PM Modi’s February 2025 visit to now—may plausibly stem from some business deals by his son and partners involving cryptocurrency and rare earth minerals. If that is so, it's a serious worry for India

How modern trade agreements are powering fintech-led flows and digital economy

As global commerce becomes increasingly digital, fintech is no longer just a sector—it’s an infrastructure, and trade agreements are becoming its enabler

Operation Sindoor: How India’s communication strategy is hitting its target

The government clearly intends to retain the focus on strategic and security matters for the time being, and its information management is designed to allow it to do so

How Trump has turned the clock back on India–US relations

President Donald Trump’s lack of sensitivity and appreciation for India’s broader concerns regarding Pakistan may have set relations back by a few years—though certainly not to the extent of the Nixon era

Democracy remains a distant dream as Yunus drives Bangladesh deeper into chaos

It is not too late for Bangladesh to reboot its fragile democracy. But if it doesn’t act swiftly, the country may well head the way of Pakistan—into deeper chaos and prolonged military rule

Why PM Modi chose to directly address the people of Pakistan

PM Modi has seized on the disparity between the two nations, holding up India’s progress as a mirror to Pakistan’s missed opportunities. This is not just chest-thumping; it is a calculated deterrent

How Yunus’s capitulation to foreign powers is wrecking Bangladesh’s future

Muhammad Yunus is at best a toothless figurehead, unable to quell the chaos, and at worst a pliable pawn in the hands of foreign powers; his government’s failures—amnesty for rioters, media crackdowns, and delayed elections—are paving the way for a darker, divided Bangladesh

How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a big upset for non-resident Indians

Over 3.2 million Indian immigrants live in the US. Under the proposed bill, a 3.5 per cent tax would be imposed on every remittance sent from the US to India by non-US citizens

Why West’s propaganda and China’s state-controlled media share a common anti-India bias

The more India’s visibility as an important power in international affairs grows, the more anti-India biases will become prominent, and the reflection of them in the recent India-Pakistan conflict was just the beginning

Resisting Chinese colonialism: East Turkistan’s struggle to restore its independence

China’s occupation of East Turkistan has been ongoing for seventy-five years, but the resistance of the East Turkistani people—deeply rooted in centuries of anti-colonial struggle—remains undeterred

Golden Dome for America: Will it trigger arms race in space?

Donald Trump has taken inspiration from Israel’s Iron Dome which has proved its worthiness in recent times against missiles launched from Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis

How America is the most dangerous player in India-Pakistan dynamics

The US will continue to support Pakistan overtly and covertly as long as it is a major non-NATO ally

India rewrites its security doctrine: Terrorism is now first step on an escalatory ladder

The challenge before India is to raise global consciousness about Pakistani terrorism so that it is pressurised to control it

Modi’s India hits back: How Operation Sindoor is the unveiling of a strategic doctrine

Unlike in the past, this time India didn’t appeal for international mediation or issue a diplomatic demarche. Instead, India launched such a calibrated military action that defence experts around the world have given a resounding applause