Opinion

The Canadian Prime Minister’s handling of the Nijjar affair shows incompetence, obstinacy, a sense of entitlement, and an inadequate grasp of geopolitics. He has sacrificed an important relationship for the …

In the fog of war, it sometimes becomes hard to pick your real enemy. That seems to be the case in the Israel-Hamas war. A fortnight into the war triggered …

It is a known fact that Israel has supported India during its most turbulent times of India-Pakistani wars even though India shied away from having diplomatic relations with Israel until …

Hamas’s barbaric incursion into Israel, killing some 1,300 Israeli citizens and taking some 150 hostages, followed by Israel’s massive retaliation against Hamas and indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, killing thousands and …

The ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict is not showing signs of de-escalation. The crisis was triggered on October 7 when Hamas, the Palestinian armed group in an operation purposely named “Al Aqsa …

Atul Aneja It is rare to see Arab leaders in unison snubbing a US President on a visit to the heart of the Middle East. But that just happened on …

With the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza that has left hundreds killed, women and children mostly, US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel has become a difficult …

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s State visit to New Delhi earlier this month – marking the first by any African leader after the inclusion of the African Union in the …

No intelligence is perfect, more importantly no intelligence agency is. Even the finest intelligence agencies have, throughout history, delivered faulty assessments. For Mossad, Israel’s finest Intelligence service—superior in training, dedicated …

Ukraine is emerging as the sore loser with the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ukrainians are complaining that the US and West have turned their attention towards the Middle East, …

The Hamas-Israel war that began last Saturday is facing a stalemate. 10-days after it began, it is focused on opening humanitarian supplies to 1.2 million residents of embattled Gaza strip. …

THE PAST IS A courtroom without walls, its simultaneous trials a contentious cacophony, every judge sifting evidence through the sieve of self-interest, every jury a sectarian populace driven by rage …

With Israeli Defence Forces encircling Gaza, military experts are beginning to anticipate Lebanon’s response, with escalating border clashes pointing towards skirmishes along a second front. If the conflict prolongs, this …

Amid the fog of war, the accumulation of war material in the eastern Mediterranean stands out as the fulcrum that could define the course of the on-going Hamas-Israel war. The …

The signals of endgame in the Hamas-Israel conflict hint towards more dire consequences. While the Israeli assault in Gaza continues to pile up humanitarian catastrophe, new fronts are set to …

In the haze of the Hamas-Israeli conflict, the future of both China and the US, two major players weaving a myriad of alliances in the Middle East, looks uncertain. While …

Among the handful of people striving to get justice for the people of Bangladesh for the atrocities they faced at the hands of the Pakistani Army (then East Pakistan), is …

In the morning of October 7, Hamas launched a multi-pronged coordinated attack against the state of Israel (as part of a larger/coordinated assault under Operation al-Aqsa Flood) seizing Israeli border …

The Hamas-Gaza war that began on the Saturday is at an inflexion point with the distinct possibility of the US special forces descending in the war zone to extricate Americans …

Hyrbyair Marri is the leader of the Free Baloch Movement (FBM) that advocates for an independent homeland for the Baloch community from Pakistan. Hyrbyair comes from the Marri tribal family …

Grandmaster of diplomacy Henry Kissinger shot to cult status as the greatest strategist negotiator after his role in bringing Israelis and Arabs to the dialogue table after the 1973 Yom …