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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
Trump’s shock and bore doctrine won’t ‘Make America Great Again’
History rarely judges great powers by the controversies they generated or the headlines they dominated. It judges whether they strengthened alliances, advanced enduring national interests, and left behind a more stable international order than the one they inherited
The Colby conundrum: Washington’s middle power blind spot
How America’s friends and allies interpret Washington’s dismissal of middle power autonomy
India-US ties will collapse if Trump moves ahead with Russian oil sanctions and Section 301 tariffs
One provocation too many: Trump administration should not take India’s patience for granted
Hormuz, chokepoints and crude: The strait that could shake the global economy
The collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire has transformed the Strait of Hormuz into the world’s most volatile maritime flashpoint, with profound implications for global energy security, trade, and geopolitical stability.
Reverse Information Paradox that Nadella flagged is real, but ‘back to analogue’ is no answer
Artificial intelligence is creating a Reverse Information Paradox, but protecting enterprise knowledge must not mean returning to the analogue world’s information scarcity
When Pakistan burns within, Bharat must brace for another terror attack
From Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to POK, Pakistan’s deepening internal turmoil could once again make Bharat the target of cross-border terrorism
Beyond the Lines | Two to tango: Geopolitics and the United Nations of Football
By the time the World Cup ends, it will be a moment of triumph for the winning team as much as for Donald Trump. Equally importantly though, it will be remembered for a game that mirrors geopolitics and globalisation
Hormuz trap: Why Trump’s Iran strategy is spiralling out of control
The US is caught in a bind, fighting a war it should never have become a part of. It is fighting Israel’s war, but Israel is sitting it out, at least for the time being. Iran, meanwhile, is fighting a war for its very existence and national pride
Trump is trying to seize strategic initiative through the backdoor; it’s never going to work
Latest round of hostilities owes less to Iranian ‘impertinence’ than a bad faith bid by the US to retroactively alter the terms of the MoU
PM Modi’s eastward push: Resetting India’s Indo-Pacific strategy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-country voyage to the East, amid a major geopolitical churn, underscores the enduring relevance of the Indo-Pacific to India
Head-on | Seychelles to Sumatra: India’s unfolding Indo-Pacific strategy
The Indo-Pacific — from Africa and the Middle East to Indonesia, Japan and Australia — will form India’s lengthening arc of global influence
Indian Ocean is Bharat’s strategic trump card against China: Time to play it
China’s enduring vulnerability is geography, which is Bharat’s enduring advantage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent three-nation tour signals that Delhi increasingly understands this reality, and is prepared to exploit it in the strategic contest with Beijing
The fall of Defence Colony: A classic Indian urban tragedy
Def Col is a microcosm of the deep rot of absolute political and public apathy and ghoulish attempts at social mobility that plagues much of India’s urban existence, especially in Delhi, Mumbai and a few other major cities
Hormuz as strategic lever: Can overland pipelines break Iran’s grip?
While Iran’s current leverage over the Strait of Hormuz is enormous, this influence will inevitably erode over time
Compute is the new nuke: Inside AI’s MAD doctrine
The real danger is not a single catastrophic launch but the gradual concentration of power in whichever country, company, or individual reaches superintelligence first without meaningful oversight
Lebanon trapped in Iran-Israel crossfire
The industrious Lebanese people need and deserve peace, security, and stability from the internal and external destabilisation, having suffered for decades from global contestations and regional rivalries
Trump’s Iran deal was bound to fail
A truce that prioritised immediate de-escalation over durable conflict resolution left critical disputes unresolved, ensuring that military confrontation would return sooner rather than later
The old Quad is dying, time for a new Quad
The quadrilateral of the US, Japan, Australia and India may well morph into a quadrilateral of Japan, Indonesia, Australia and India, all united in their concerns about China
Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand: India’s strategic recalibration in Indo-Pacific through Mandala framework
By reinforcing a concentric circle of partnerships with like-minded maritime democracies, New Delhi is constructing a normative and security architecture to increase its strategic space
Book extract | ‘Hindutva for Gen Z’: Why India doesn’t fit the woke script
From American campuses to Indian politics, wokeism has become a contested idea whose meaning and impact remain fiercely debated
America’s credibility crisis is Indo-Pacific’s biggest challenge
On the surface, the Indo-Pacific region seems peaceful and stable compared to what is happening in Europe and West Asia. But the potential for conflict is clearly simmering underneath. Will China do what Russia has done to Ukraine or the US has done to Iran in the region?
The hidden ideology of artificial intelligence
When ideology hides behind fluency, it becomes harder to challenge
Bangladesh’s Teesta pivot to China threatens Dhaka more than Delhi
Bangladesh’s turn to China over the Teesta project may offer short-term gains, but it risks creating long-term strategic dependence that threatens Dhaka more than it challenges Delhi
Ankara summit marks NATO’s new bargain
The question worth asking now isn’t whether NATO survives without an unconditional American umbrella. The harder question is whether it can absorb a genuine redistribution of responsibility without the hierarchy that has defined the alliance until now
World Population Day 2026: Why my spouse and I chose to be DINKs, and don't regret it
World Population Day 2026: As conversations around marriage and parenthood evolve, here's why my spouse and I are embracing the DINK (Double Income, No Kids) lifestyle instead of having children.