Afghanistan’s India Pivot: Economic Pragmatism and Strategic Calculus
As Afghanistan reevaluates its economic geography in light of the deteriorating relations with Pakistan, India has become a major option for Kabul in its...
Vladimir Putin’s 2025 India Visit: Reshaping Global Diplomacy and Security
The forthcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to New Delhi in the earlier December 2025 to attend the 23rd Indo-Russian Annual Summit marks...
The Taliban’s Broken Promises: Time for a New U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
Since the 1970s, Afghanistan has remained a land of unending turmoil due to global geopolitical rivalries and deep internal social fault lines. Over the...
AI and the Human Mind: How Generative Tools Reshape Behaviour, Learning, and Social Connection
With the advent of 21st-century technology advancements, the world has been reshaped in a way that extends beyond traditional human capabilities. Among these innovations,...
Why Trump’s Bagram Rhetoric Matters Beyond Afghanistan?
US President Donald Trump’s recent statement to get control of Bagram Airbase has started a new debate among the global policy makers, and they...
Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact and the Emerging Security Architecture of West Asia
Saudi Arabia and the first Muslim nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a formal mutual defense pact on 17 Sept 2025, significantly strengthening their decades-long security partnership...
India-China Rapprochement: Between Pragmatic Engagement and Enduring Skepticism
Lord Palmerston’s maxim that "We have no eternal allies nor perpetual enemies. "Our interests are eternal and perpetual," aptly describes the rapidly changing nature...
India’s Post-Tariff Pivot: Redefining Global Alliances Beyond Washington
In a bold assertion of economic pressure diplomacy, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order slapping a 25% tariff on imports from...
Beyond SAARC: China’s Emerging Bloc and the New Geopolitics of South Asia
In the aftermath of the 2025 India-Pakistan standoff arguably the most dangerous escalation between nuclear-armed neighbors in decades the silence from the South Asian...
South Asia at a Crossroads: Preventing War Between Nuclear-Armed Neighbors
At midnight on 6th April 2025, Indian forces launched attacks on multiple locations in Pakistan, including Shakargarh, Sialkot, Muridke, Bahawalpur, Kotli, and the Muzaffarabad...