Opinion

On 22 April 2025, violence struck the peaceful meadows of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. Militants linked to The Resistance Front, an offshoot of Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba, attacked …

For nearly eight decades, the India–Pakistan conflict has been defined not just by wars, but by something more persistent and less visible: a sustained strategy of proxy warfare. While conventional …

South Korea’s President Lee Jae‑myung’s first state visit to India marks a decisive recalibration of the Indo‑Korean partnership, elevating it from a sturdy but uneven economic partnership into a high‑stakes, …

One year after the horrific Pahalgam attack in Jammu & Kashmir—also the deadliest terror attack in a decade—Pakistan’s JeM-backed TRF terrorists killed 26 civilians and tourists on April 22 last …

After the collapse of the first round of talks, the second round is on the horizon and is almost on the brink of collapse, as Iran is unwilling to negotiate …

Fifteen years is a long time in diplomacy. Long enough for enthusiasm to fade, for negotiating positions to harden, and for the world itself to change shape. When India and …

The first anniversary of the Pahalgam massacre, the date April 22, 2025, burns like an open wound. Twenty-six innocents—mostly Hindu tourists, 25 Indians and one Nepali—gunned down in cold blood …

There is a lively and, at times, sharply divided discourse in India today on its foreign policy choices over the Iranian crisis. At the centre of this debate is a …

The nexus between narcotics trafficking, organised crime, and terrorism has become one of the most persistent hybrid security threats in South Asia. In the Pakistan–Afghanistan region—commonly known as the “Golden …

Why the current pause reflects deeper miscalculations and a rising Iranian leverage. The newly announced two-week ceasefire, promoted by the United States, is billed as stabilising, but it points to …

India’s patent system reached a major milestone in FY 2025–26, with total patent applications climbing to 1,43,729, up 30.2% from 1,10,375 a year earlier. This is not just a statistical jump; …

The appointment of Noor Ahmad Noor as the Taliban regime’s new chargé d’affaires to India this January, when juxtaposed with the direction of Taliban Minister for Tribal Affairs Nurullah Nouri …

The ambitious and promising-looking talks between the US and Iran, especially those in Pakistan, were billed as the “Islamabad talks” or an “accord” that had not even lasted for twenty-four …

The continuing conflict in West Asia has destabilised the balance that had existed in the region for decades. Its complex implications extend much beyond the region. The conflict hastened the …

The ceasefire now being discussed in West Asia is best understood not as a comprehensive regional peace, but as a narrow and fragile pause in the ongoing conflict between Iran, …

Analysts like to compare India with China. While there is no doubt that the Middle Kingdom is in advance on India in terms of economic development, advanced research and in …

The first international war over the passage of oil over water began with America’s demands and paused with an uncertain ceasefire on Iran’s terms. Oil and water, goes an old …

After nearly 40 days of intense conflict in the Middle East, the guns have at least been silent for two weeks, but this silence hangs by a single thread that …

For too long, the world’s most complex civilisation has been someone else’s academic subject. That is finally beginning to change. There is something quietly extraordinary about the fact that, for …

The US President has been described as the most powerful person in the democratic world by virtue of his being the head of state of the world’s largest economy. In …

India’s journey toward self-reliance in defense technology has entered a crucial phase. As the nation refines its stealth fighter programs, one of the most sophisticated elements driving performance is not …