More: South Asia
The Diffusion of Chinese Airpower in South Asia: Bangladesh’s J-10CE and PL-15
Bangladesh is moving towards military mobilization and starting negotiations with China for the acquisition of fighter aircraft J10CE equipped with PL-15. Reuters reported that...
The Crowded Table: Why Four Mediators Have Failed to Fix the Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire
The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan resembles a ghost. It exists on paper but peace remains missing on the ground. Along the Durand Line,...
Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
Can a Treaty Survive Once One Side Decides Trust Is Gone
On May 15, 2026, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that a dam...
Asia’s Shifting Balance of Power and the New Regional Order
The foundational principles of the balance of power has found its textual footing primarily through the works of Hans Morgenthou and Kenneth Waltz. It ...
Are Terrorist Networks Entering a New Era of Cooperation?
For much of the modern era, terrorist organizations have been understood through the prism of ideology. Ethno nationalist insurgencies have pursued territorial autonomy, while...
India’s Cockroach Movement: The New Politics of Generational Rage
In May 2026, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stood before a courtroom and described unemployed youth activists as cockroaches and parasites. He almost...
Can the OIC Bridge the Gap Between Gender Parity and Total Exclusion?
In the United Arab Emirates, women hold half of all parliamentary seats, a threshold reached by only six national legislatures on Earth. In Afghanistan,...
Hypersonic Tracking and the Future of Strategic Stability
For decades, satellites have provided critical data for military activities in active and non-active combat zones. One of the most significant integration of space-based...
The Myth of Easy Escalation Between Nuclear Powers
For years, strategic analysts in South Asia and beyond have spoken with growing confidence about the possibility of “limited war” between nuclear powers. The...
The Indian Ocean as Fragmented Maritime Space: Why It Never Spoke as One
The US sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka on 4 March was not just another incidents in the widening West...