Armed forces must be ready on both fronts The Statesman 30 Dec 2025 The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on China, titled, ‘Military and Security Developments involving the People’s Republic of China,’ released last week, mentions, ‘China’s leadership has extended the term “core interest” to cover Taiwan and China’s sovereignty claims amid territorial disputes in the South China Sea, […]
The burial of the Hurriyat The Excelsior 30 Dec 2025 It took the government over four decades but finally the APHC (All Party Hurriyat Conference) has been buried. The APHC at its peak comprised of 26 secessionist parties and leaders in Kashmir, which split in 2003 between hardline and moderate factions. The burial of the organization was announced by […]
How Gaza trap will make Munir realize the cost of American lunch First Post 23 Dec 2025 Reports mention that Pakistan’s de-facto head of state, constitutionally protected failed marshal Asim Munir, is expected to visit the US in Jan to discuss deployment of his troops in Gaza as part of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) under Trump’s Gaza peace […]
Ill winds blow in Bangladesh The Statesman 23 Dec 2025 The death of Sharif Osman Hadi in Singapore, where he had been taken for treatment after being shot in an assassination attempt, resulted in violence across Bangladesh. Hadi was an anti-Indian activist and convenor of Inqilab Moncho, a group formed in the wake of the 2024 student-led uprising, which […]
Trump and India The Excelsior 19 Dec 2025 The recent tele-conversation between PM Modi and US President Donald Trump came while Trump was contemplating increasing tariffs on India for supposedly ‘dumping’ Indian rice in US markets, pushing down prices of local varieties. The topics discussed between them included bilateral trade and cooperation in energy, security and defence. The conversation happened […]
Trans-Atlantic ties face Trump threat The Statesman 16 Dec 2025 Quietly hitting back at the US for its claims of Europe ‘decaying’ and its leaders ‘weak,’ the EU indefinitely froze USD 246 Billion of Russian assets held by it. This offset Trump’s Ukraine peace plan as also prevented Hungary and Slovakia, nations close to Russia, from vetoing further rolling […]
The enigma that is Pakistan The Excelsior 12 Dec 2025 India has for long attempted to project Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, a dangerous nuclear power as also a nation on the verge of economic collapse. However, a lot has changed in recent months, despite Pakistan surviving on a collection of IMF bailouts and facing internal insecurities. […]
A nation in turmoil: Why Imran Khan still terrifies the Pak army First Post 11 Dec 2025 As soon as a message flows from incarcerated Imran Khan, Pakistan army’s head of media (DGISPR) holds a press conference deriding him. He has been termed by the Pak army as a ‘threat to national security,’ ‘a narcissist’ as also a ‘sick […]
India’s deft diplomacy on show during Putin’s visit The Statesman 09 Dec 2025 Putin’s recently concluded visit was high on optics while deliverables were intentionally kept low key. This was Putin’s first visit to India since the commencement of the Ukraine war. The two leaders had last met just about three months ago on the sidelines of the SCO […]
Will the Ukraine war end The Statesman 02 Dec 2025 Trump’s administrations recently leaked 28-point peace plan has been dominating headlines across the globe. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his initial address to the nation on the plan mentioned that Ukraine faces an impossible choice. It could either keep its national dignity and keep fighting or risk losing […]