Opinion

Trump is just the messenger: Delhi must prepare for long winter in Washington

The US President has merely stripped away the diplomatic language: that Delhi may rise, but only enough to act as a counterweight to Beijing

Seven PMs in twelve years: What has gone wrong with British democracy?

The successive governments have refused to fully implement the wishes of the 2016 Brexit referendum

Balochistan has become Pakistan’s biggest security challenge

The deadly July attacks by the TTP and BLA have laid bare the deepening security crisis confronting Pakistan in Balochistan

Jordan attack shows US badly underestimated Iran’s ability for survival and capacity to strike back

Trump can’t bomb his way to a win, he will have to redefine his military and diplomatic objectives

Bridging the Indo-Pacific: India-New Zealand ties enter a new era

India’s relationship with New Zealand has evolved far beyond the traditional boundaries of sports and shared colonial history. Today, it stands as a forward-looking partnership built on geopolitical necessity, economic synergy, and deep human connections

Indus Water Treaty row: Asim Munir’s failed gamble

None of Munir's suppositions has come true. And that is the real story, which is making the Pakistani establishment see red against India

Hormuz, not sanctions, remains Iran’s ultimate red line

While financial concessions were an essential part of Iran's demands, its absolute red line was maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz

A house for Taslima Nasrin: Kolkata’s chance to right a historic wrong

Taslima Nasrin’s planned return to Kolkata after nearly two decades of forced exile is more than a homecoming; it is Bengal’s chance to atone for a profound moral, constitutional and intellectual failure

What Vikram-1 launch says about India’s future in space

From such profound philosophical roots, India has long gazed upward. Yet the Vikram-1 ascent carries a distinctly modern resonance

Has Pakistan lost Balochistan?

Balochistan will increasingly become a highly complex conflict theatre with massive stakes for foreign stakeholders like Israel, India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, China and the US

India’s ten-minute mirage: The human cost of quick commerce growth

The political economy of India cannot afford to build a thriving digital business model without paying for the key component of the chain — labour

Hasina’s homecoming: Strategy, resolve or political gamble?

For now, Sheikh Hasina's announcement has raised more questions than answers, with December holding the key to whether it was strategy or resolve

When will Bicentennial Man or Ava move in? The race to build synthetic humans

The synthetic human is not impossible. But public discussion often confuses the easier challenge, making robots look human, with the far harder one: building systems that can reliably combine perception, judgement, movement, and trustworthiness in unpredictable real-world environment

Nepal’s Gen Z revolution faces its first reckoning

Nepal’s Gen Z did not march last year to install a government it would never question; it marched to install one it could question and be heard