India must question the utility of SCO The Statesman 01 Jul 2025 The SCO’s (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) defence ministers’ summit last week in Beijing ended without issuance of a joint statement. The reason, as mentioned by India, was that Pakistan and China were attempting to divert attention away from terrorism. In case India had inked the statement it would […]
The maverick Trump The Excelsior 28 Jun 2025 Prior to assuming his mantle in the White House, Trump had stated on over 50 occasions that he would bring the Russo-Ukraine conflict to an end within a day of coming to power. His meeting with Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, bombed in the White House, displaying immaturity of leadership on both […]
Implications of the Washington lunch The Statesman 24 Jun 2025 There are many speculations on why Trump invited Pak army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, for a meeting followed by a luncheon. Though planned for an hour, it extended for over two hours. There is a claim that this was arranged by influential members of Pakistan’s diaspora who are […]
West Asia Crisis: Lessons from Israel-Iran conflict ETv Bharat 23 Jun 2025 Israel’s Operation Rising Lion was responded to by Iran with Operation True Promise 3. Attacks by both sides continue, one dominated by air power and the other by missiles, both their core strengths. Destruction of infrastructure and civilian casualties continue. Israel, which fired the first salvo, has been […]
Bangladesh instigates India The Excelsior 21 Jun 2025 Speaking at Chatham House in UK last week, Bangladesh Chief Advisor Mohamad Yunus mentioned, ‘All the anger (against Hasina) has now transferred to India because she went there,’ He added that PM Modi refused to curtail her social media activities. Speaking on why relations with India continue to falter he mentioned, […]
India must prepare to plough a lone farrow The Statesman 17 Jun 2025 Every time India reacted to Pakistan backed terrorist strikes, it raised the benchmark. What began as ‘Kadi Ninda’ pre-2014, cross-border strike post Uri in 2016, Balakote in 2019, finally ending up with damaging and destroying Pakistan’s strategic assets in Operation Sindoor. Each time Pakistan prepared for […]
The burning Middle East ETv Bharat 17 Jun 2025 Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, under Operation Rising Lion and retaliation by Iran under Operation True Promise 3, have added fuel to an already burning Middle East cauldron. Israel commenced the operations by targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, its senior military officials and scientists. It employed around 200 […]
Operation Sindoor Will Be Studied by Military Strategists for Years to Come ETv Bharat 12 Jun 2025 The dust has settled along the LoC and routine procedures have begun between India and Pakistan, including the comic show at Attari. In Pakistan all is normal, no one questions losses incurred in the short conflict while their DGISPR continues pushing narratives of […]
Nationalism subjugated to narrow political ends The Statesman 10 Jun 2025 A tweet of Salman Khurshid, while being part of the national delegation of MPs to SE Asia, described the Indian pollical environment perfectly. He tweeted, ‘When on a mission against terrorism, to carry India’s message to the world, it’s distressing that people at home are calculating political allegiances. […]
Demand for intervention in dialogue between India and Pak The Excelsior 09 Jun 2025 Recent allocation of funds from multiple global lending bodies, nomination to chair or vice-chair of major UNSC mandated committees as also its paid proxies pushing its planned narrative on Operation Sindoor successfully in global media has given Pakistan the belief that it can request global […]