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Why shouldn’t Israel Undermine Iran’s Conventional Deterrence
When Naftali Bennett took over as the prime minister of Israel, it was expected that he would take a different approach compared to Netanyahu....
The Forgotten Analogy: World War II
Pundits are searching for adequate analogies to explain the growing China-U.S. rivalry and predict its future direction. Two main ones appear: the pre-World War...
Russia’s Potential Invasion of Ukraine: Bringing In Past Evidence
Since mid-November 2021, the U.S. intelligence community and media have been warning of a Russian military buildup along the country’s western border. As the...
De-escalation of the Sino-Indian border stand-off in Ladakh is nowhere near at sight
The Line of Actual Control in Ladakh continues to remain tense, even after 20 months of stand-off that witnessed 13 rounds of military talks,...
Qassem Soleimani: A Man of Revolution, Victory and Martyrdom
“In the eyes of the enemy, the martyr Qassem Soleimani is more dangerous than General Qassem Soleimani.” On the second anniversary of Qassem Soleimani's...
Putting the recent double-down on Chinese claims over India’s Arunachal Pradesh into perspective
In this essay, I try to place Arunachal Pradesh in the larger context of the India-China border dispute by looking at contemporary developments in...
OSCE’s Involvement in Conflict Resolution Across the Post-Soviet Space
On December 2–3, 2021, a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council was held. Amid the unrelenting crisis in the Russia-West relations, any events that...
2021 In a Nutshell
The preceding year was not exactly annulled not exactly annuls mirabilis, but it did have its share of memorable moments. Rising inflation, rising gasoline prices,...
Avoiding Nuclear War in the “State of Nature”: America’s Responsibility
“So the nature of war consists not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance...
Ukraine after Putin – Biden talks
Negotiations between US and Ukrainian Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymir Zelensky in the wake of Putin-Biden talks were anticipated with genuine interest, particularly given...