New Energy Geometry of Russia, India and the UAE
NEW DELHI/MOSCOW: Since 2022, the energy relationship between India and Russia has evolved from a limited bilateral arrangement into one…
Modi’s visit to Oman, India’s projection into the Gulf
MUSCAT: Each year, the monsoon winds traverse the Arabian Sea with a reliability that predates modern cartography, carrying not only…
India and Jordan at 75: from civilisational links to IMEC
Seventy-five years after the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1950, the December 2025 visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Espionage & Oil: Russia allegedly uses oil tankers as spy assets
BRUSSELS: Russian nationals with alleged links to the country’s military and intelligence services have been operating aboard oil tankers used…
China–France Tensions Flare After Macron’s Bold Student Gesture
Emmanuel Macron’s December 2025 visit to China, intended as a diplomatic showcase, instead exposed the fragility of Beijing’s carefully curated…
Pakistan’s economic engine is stalling – and the Central Bank finally says it out loud
Pakistan has heard grim economic forecasts before, but rarely has the warning come this bluntly from the country’s own central…
US Sanctions: A tool of selective leverage or principled restraint?
Sanctions on paper are not sanctions in practice. Technology equipment continues to flow into China and Russia through third-party countries…
From Dhurandhar To Balochistan: Repressive State Of Pakistan
Cinema often reveals, with unintended yet striking clarity, the political conscience that shapes the exercise of state power. Beyond entertainment or…
China is preparing to act against Japan
When Chinese officials declare they “can’t stand any more,” history shows it is not mere rhetoric but a prelude to…
Russia, Afghanistan and the New Eurasian Geopolitics
Russia’s relationship with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has completed a startling volte-face. Where Moscow once viewed the Taliban through…
