Srijan Sharma

Perhaps after decades, a 9/11-style terror attack could be repeated in Israel, with an Omani co-pilot stabbing Indian pilot Smit Macchar, the captain, and putting the flight into a nose …

In 1983, perhaps the dangers of the Cuban Missile Crisis resurfaced when two similar events occurred in the same year, but this time not because of deterrence and Cold War …

Pakistan is facing challenges on almost every front. The diplomatic depth created by Munir’s Mecca-and-West Asia propaganda diplomacy is now fading. Pakistan’s security establishment is confronting a hard reality, prompting …

After a year, the Trump Administration’s tariff drama is back on the table, with a more targeted, tougher design. Last year, it was the US’s standard tool of economic coercion …

In another strategically audacious move, Iran has unleashed its proxy network, especially the Houthis, to launch targeted strikes in Saudi Arabia, damaging key oil pipeline networks and advancing towards the …

India’s bilateral meeting with China on the sidelines of the recently concluded BRICS is largely seen as a reset in Indo-China ties. However, this ‘reset’ is not the full picture …

After hectic back-channel negotiations in the shadows of conflict, power rivalry and tensions, India managed to secure consensus for a uniform declaration, a tightrope walk. A close look at the …

India will host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi next week and has already set the tone by re-anchoring the acronym BRICS to mean “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation …

Ever since India decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, Pakistan has launched a full- scale, propaganda- driven lawfare across various platforms, desperately trying to internationalize a bilateral …

After months of exhausting all options and with limited impact from Operation Economic Fury on Iran, the US now appears to be launching a full-scale economic offensive against Iran to …

Tariq Rahman’s India visit cancellation, ambiguity over BRICS, and hard push for Hasina’s extradition are nothing more than a simple domestic position-strengthening exercise that almost every Bangladesh Prime Minister from …

Pakistan is in a state of poly-crises and is hardly managing it, or rather, crushing and diverting attention by playing survival geopolitics with slim substance. On the economic and security …

The much-debated Islamic NATO dream in the Middle East may have seen some light, at least on paper. Still, a closer examination suggests that this pact is symbolic, aiming to …

After getting stuck in the fog of war in the Middle East with Iran, the US is again playing a brinkmanship card in the region that will only fan the …

Hitting more than 170 targets in Iran in 48 hours across two waves is an unprecedented escalation. The recent third wave of attacks, targeting more than 100 sites, has set …

As Bangladesh began to show its first signals of hard geopolitical steering, drifting away from India and embracing China, that too strategically, India must ensure that its tactical footprint and …

Some sense of diplomacy and peace has prevailed in West Asia after the US-Iran deal was signed. However, its durability remains questionable. India’s strategic response to almost five months of …

The long-awaited deal, on the horizon, has finally been agreed upon by the US and Iran, with the final MoU due to be signed in Geneva. While the deal ends …

The first serious backchannel talks, or Track-1.5 dialogues, between two countries began in 1987, when India was engaged in Operation Brasstacks, a massive war exercise by the Indian armed forces …

In an unprecedented situation, ceasefire prospects have been further complicated, and the risks and regional anxiety of a complete collapse of the ceasefire or of the deal on the table …

Guns have fallen silent at the Af-Pak border after deadly clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan, with only limited skirmishes. The ceasefire maintaining this silence at the border is fragile, …