Aniruddh Patel

Aniruddh Patel is a political analyst who has advised many south Asian countries on National security and intelligence issues.

September 7, 2026

Artificial Intelligence/Human Rights

A World at War, and a Human Rights System Under Strain

The world is living through an age of extremes, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who has warned that wars, technological disruption, climate chaos, political polarisation and widening

Columns/Geopolitics

Peace Is Not a Deal

Diplomatic efforts to end an acute and bloody armed conflict should always be welcomed and the persistence of Donald Trump’s administration, which has pursued this goal for more than a year and a half, also deserves recognition, even if the

September 7, 2026

Sri Lanka’s Missing General

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

by Our Special Defence Correspondent Sri Lanka has managed to turn a question of military representation into a question of institutional confusion. At the

Europe Admits the Crime of Slavery — But Resists Paying for It

Diplomacy/History

European countries are increasingly confronting the history and continuing consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, yet formal apologies and meaningful reparations remain rare as

Bangladesh: True Architects of Brigade75

October 17, 2022

Columns/Defence

In training Brigade75 officers in India and Bangladesh, R&AW received specific guidance and instruction from Mossad, the Israeli intelligence organisation. [Read our previous story: India’s Top Spy Agency Forms New Brigade to

India’s Top Spy Agency Forms New Brigade to Protect Sheikh Hasina

October 15, 2022

Columns/Defence

To combat potential insurgencies before the next general election in Bangladesh in 2024, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has been training special forces in Bangladesh and India. For the last two