SECURITY AND TERRORISM

Europe’s Terror Threat Has Not Gone Away

Europe’s Terror Threat Has Not Gone Away

Europe has not witnessed a major coordinated terrorist attack so far this August, but that should not be confused with…

Operation Hard Ball and India’s Crucial Role in Borderless Enforcement

Operation Hard Ball and India’s Crucial Role in Borderless Enforcement

The US Justice Department’s Operation ‘Hard Ball’, announced on 7 July, is being read across capitals as a demonstration of what…

Europe’s Security Beyond American Military Guarantees

Europe’s Security Beyond American Military Guarantees

The security history of Europe is now at a critical juncture. The gradual withdrawal of the United States from the…

CHINA

Xi’s Bargain in Delhi - Borders for Reincarnation

Xi’s Bargain in Delhi – Borders for Reincarnation

With Xi Jinpings expected arrival in India for the BRICS summit looming, the choreography of diplomacy will mask a deeper…

Defying The Hague: China’s Calculated Strategy

Defying The Hague: China’s Calculated Strategy

China’s rejection of the 2016 Hague tribunal ruling is not simply a matter of legal disagreement—it is a deliberate policy…

MIDDLE EAST

Israel’s West Bank Gamble Is Costing It Europe

Israel’s West Bank Gamble Is Costing It Europe

The joint condemnation by Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands and Norway of Israel’s decision to proceed with the…

China’s Likely Reaction to the End of the U.S.–Iran War

China’s Likely Reaction to the End of the U.S. – Iran War

The conclusion of a U.S.–Iran war would reverberate across Asia, and China’s response would be shaped by its strategic calculus…

Rawalkot PoK Protests

Rawalakot protests burn Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir

Rawalakot has emerged as the focal point of a growing wave of protests across Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) following a crackdown…

AFRICA

India’s Outreach to Africa in the Changing Global Geopolitics

Beyond Safari: Significance of India’s Outreach to Africa in the Changing Global Geopolitics

The relationship and outreach between Africa and India dates back to more than a thousand years. India and Africa are bonded together…

France Goes Forward, Then Trips on the Stage in Nairobi

France Goes Forward, Then Trips on the Stage in Nairobi

The Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi was designed to mark a new chapter in France’s relationship with the continent. It…

ASIA

Dragon’s Silent War

Dragon’s Silent War – Espionage in the Liberal Order

What was once a distant question has become undeniable: is the Western world’s overconfidence in liberal democracy exacting a cost…

Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa turning against Islamabad

Two provinces, one grievance: Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa turning against Islamabad

The ongoing public mobilisation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat Valley Swat valley is rooted in security concerns, while the protests in…

Awaiting a fair turn for ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina

Awaiting a fair turn for ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina

Even though the press conference by ousted Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi emerged a much-hyped event, which was…