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Muizzu's Pakistan Visit: From Diplomatic Promises to Strategic Outcomes

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu's three-day visit to Pakistan in October 2026 marks an important development in the evolving diplomatic landscape of the Indian Ocean Region. T... Read More


India's 'Refining Superpower': Key Role in Energy Security Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Reliance Industries' Jamnagar refinery, a coastal city in India's western state of Gujarat on the Gulf of Kutch, on 21 October has ra... Read More


When the Vote is in Question, Indian Democracy is on Trial

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The current controversy over the voter rolls revision - called Special Intensive Revision (SIR) - and the protests in India raises precisely the question of how healthy our democ... Read More


Lessons from Dhaka: Power, Policy Choices and the Existential Dilemma Facing Small States

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- As the world enters a period of mounting geopolitical uncertainty, policymakers, scholars, and strategists are increasingly grappling with fundamental questions about the future ... Read More


From Barracks to Embassies: Munir's Expanding Military Footprint in Pakistan's Foreign Policy

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The appointment of nine retired senior military officers to Pakistan's diplomatic missions abroad is unlikely to be dismissed as a routine administrative decision. The disclosure... Read More


China's Strategy of Persistent Tension: Advancing Without Crossing the Threshold of War

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- After a brief interlude, the Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the de facto boundary between Indian and Chinese-controlled territory - is once again in focus. During the 1970s and ... Read More


They Left for a Better Life, Not to Die in War: Trafficking Bangladeshi Youths into Russia's War Against Ukraine

Russia, Oct. 25 -- The bitter truth is that many Bangladeshis aspire to go abroad for a better life, greater economic security, and broader opportunities. The primary reasons behind this growing tende... Read More


Ballot Over Barracks: Why Pakistan's Future Depends on Civilian Power

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- In August, I argued in The Friday Times that the real split between India and Pakistan after 1947 had little to do with culture or talent. It came down to one question: who contr... Read More


India and Japan's Next Security Challenge Is Strategic Endurance

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- For India and Japan, the next security challenge is not simply how to deter a crisis, but how to remain operational when a crisis disrupts the systems that sustain national power... Read More


Sri Lanka's Influential Buddhist Clergy Raise Puts Government in a Spot

New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Sri Lanka's Marxist government's attempt to break the stranglehold of Buddhist monks over the majority Sinhala Buddhist population has backfired badly, with hundreds of Buddhist ... Read More