From Bhutto to Imran Khan: When political rivalry becomes revenge and persecution in Pakistan
What happens to a political leader in democracies after losing power? The answer is simple. He or she goes into…
The Failure of China’s Invasion of Tibet
When the Chinese Communist Party marched into Tibet in 1950, it declared the move a “liberation.” In reality, it was…
Why the U.S. Should Recognize the Ganden Phodrang as the Legitimate Office of the Dalai Lama
For decades, Tibet’s future has been entangled in the geopolitical contest between Beijing’s claims of sovereignty and the Tibetan people’s…
Pakistan at Eighty
The State That Became Its Own Security Dilemma Praetorianism, Strategic Dependency, and the Unfinished Promise of 1947 On the occasion…
Pakistan’s Multi-Alignment, Domestic Fragility, and the Multipolar Trap
On 8 April 2026, Pakistan brokered a two-week ceasefire in the war between the United States and Iran. In the…
Europe’s Far-Right Strategic Drift
Although in the short term far-right parties could get enough seats to form an executive in France and in Germany,…
India’s Cartographic Counterstrike
In the long shadow of the Himalayas, maps have become weapons. Beijing’s repeated attempts to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh are…
The Roadmap of Faith: Why Six Million Tibetans Stand With His Holiness
I am one of six million Tibetans who wholeheartedly support His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s roadmap for his next reincarnation….
Why the Makkah Pact Will Collapse Under Its Own Weight
An Indian strategic reading of the Saudi Arabia–Pakistan–Türkiye Joint Defence Agreement On 7 August 2026, in the sacred precinct of…
Reforming the United Nations
Today the United Nations is facing a crisis of multilateralism. In dealing with security, humanitarian and development crises that are…
