The Pahalgam terror attack did not merely provoke outrage. It exposed, yet again, the fragile fault line on which South Asian security rests: terrorism, nuclear deterrence, and interstate rivalry packed into one combustible geography. India’s response, through Operation Sindoor, was therefore not just an act of retaliation. It marked a strategic moment. One year later, …
Background An year after the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) revoked the security clearance of the Turkish Celebi company in the aftermath of Turkiye’s support to Pakistan during Op Sindoor in May 2025, Canan Celebioglu-the chairperson of the company has described it as the most unfortunate blow to its existence, stating that the Indian …
The Armenian Parliamentary elections, which concluded earlier this month, yielded a highly polarised outcome, underscoring the deep ideological divide between the incumbent Civil Contract party and the primary opposition coalition, Strong Armenia. This domestic polarisation raises fundamental questions regarding the alignment of Armenia’s strategic priorities, and whether the current policy path reflects a genuine national …
How Unchecked Illegal Migration Is Redrawing India’s Demographic Map For decades, India’s eastern and northeastern borderlands have served as ground zero for one of the subcontinent’s most consequential and least frankly acknowledged crises: the large-scale, unchecked influx of illegal migrants — overwhelmingly from Bangladesh — that has steadily and irreversibly redrawn the demographic, political, and …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 2026 visit to the United Arab Emirates took place at a particularly sensitive geopolitical moment. The ongoing tensions surrounding the U.S.–Iran confrontation, instability in the Gulf, threats to maritime routes, and uncertainty regarding the future regional order transformed the visit from a routine diplomatic engagement into a strategic signal. However, …
Beginning on February 28, the conflict between the USA and Iran has continued for almost 39 days, with serious repercussions on global trade and peace in the region. The crisis is unlikely to subside in near time, revealing the vulnerabilities of states in an event when the maritime chokepoints, such as Strait of Hormuz and …
India's national security is under siege from a perfect storm of upheavals convulsing its immediate neighbourhood, thrusting the nation into a high-stakes geopolitical cauldron where complacency is no longer an option. The 2024 ouster of pro-India Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh has unleashed chaos, leading to an interim regime under Muhammad Yunus, which grapples …
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