The appointment of 38-year-old Sergio Gor as both US ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs marks a watershed moment in India-US relations – and not necessarily for the better. As someone who has witnessed…
The arrival of China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, in New Delhi on August 18 for the 24th round of special representatives’ talks on the disputed border represents far more than routine diplomacy. It signals a strategic recalibration of Asian geopolitics,…
In the annals of military strategy, there exists a fundamental principle that nations ignore at their peril: threats, like tide, rarely announce their arrival. Today, as India witnesses an epochal shift from strategic restraint to decisive retaliation through Operation Sindoor, a…
Pakistan’s military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, recently declared, while talking to a western media outlet, that Islamabad would strike “deeper within India” and “start from the east” in any future conflict. This wasn’t mere sabre-rattling. When viewed alongside…
China’s audacious decision to construct the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo – just upstream from where it enters India as the Brahmaputra – represents far more than an engineering marvel. It is a calculated geopolitical manoeuvre that…
The terrorist attack at Pahalgam on April 22 changed everything. Twenty-six innocent tourists, segregated by religion and murdered in cold blood by Pakistan-based terrorists, triggered a chain of events that would fundamentally alter how we understand modern warfare in South…
As Buddhists worldwide celebrated the 90th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama, Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, on July 6, a familiar yet increasingly urgent dispute has resurfaced between China and India over who possesses the authority to determine his…
Israel-Iran 12-Day War: Tel Aviv’s tactical win, Tehran’s strategic advantage The dust has barely settled on the Middle East’s latest conflagration, yet the contours of a strategic paradox are already emerging. Israel’s audacious Operation Rising Lion, launched on June 13,…
Pakistan’s recent elevation of its army chief, General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, to the rank of field marshal represents far more than ceremonial honour. It signals a fundamental shift in regional military dynamics that India must urgently address. Having…
The recent elevation of Pakistan’s army chief, General Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, to the rank of field marshal represents far more than ceremonial recognition, as this author had discussed in his previous article here. This promotion makes him only…
