Infrastructure that carries a nation’s data, finance and emergency communications is strategic infrastructure. We would not hand over a port, a power grid or a strategic petroleum reserve on the strength of
The United States and Iran seem to be moving closer to a deal to end the war, recent skirmishing and mixed signals notwithstanding. If concluded – still a big if – this
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It is clear that we are living through a dramatic revolution in warfare brought about by changes in technology. Classic airpower, manned by human pilots, is increasingly being displaced by pilotless drones
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Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, yesterday said the West’s reaction to Ukraine’s deadly drone attack on a Russian school for children indicated the “moral failure” of the West. “If the
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For decades, Balochistan’s separatist insurgency remained overwhelmingly male. Armed groups operated through tribal networks, clandestine cells and remote mountain sanctuaries, while women largely remained outside direct militant activity. Even within nationalist politics, female
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Speaking on the anniversary of the nuclear tests conducted in defiance of US warnings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “India will not bow down to anyone”, heralding the successful execution of its
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The IMF staff and Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to conclude the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews of Sri Lanka’s reform programme under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). If
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Television coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visits to the UAE, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway was dominated by optics — selfies with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the “Melody”
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The growing effort to pull Pakistan into Middle Eastern normalization politics reflects a wider strategic tension emerging across the region: the widening disconnects between externally promoted diplomatic frameworks and political realities inside
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At four in the morning, Mecca does not sleep. In the blue stillness before dawn, a fisherman from the Indonesian archipelago and a surgeon from London move through the same narrow lane.
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In the evening of May 24, 2026, an assault on Taliban logistics vehicles was launched in the Afghan district of Surobi, Kabul. One Taliban fighter died, and three others sustained injuries. An organization
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On May 14, 2026, a Rohingya man, Hasan Ahmed (45), a member of the Zakir Bahini, was shot dead by a Rohingya armed group, Saddam Bahini, at the Nayapara registered Rohingya refugee
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Jharkhand remained one of the principal theatres of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in India through the first half of 2026, despite the Government of India’s stated objective of substantially ending the Communist
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The recent moves toward Bangladesh’s signing of GSOMIA and ACSA with the United States have ignited profound concern among patriotic citizens, strategic observers, and defenders of national sovereignty alike. These agreements shall
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During the recent official visit to the Netherlands by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Dutch leadership agreed to return the Chola Copper Plates of Leiden from the Leiden University Museum. These
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With the landing of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Hangzhou over the weekend, what was brought along was not only a diplomatic agenda but also an economic outlook. Within hours of his arrival in
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