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 […]
China-Japan spat The Excelsior 30 Nov 2025 China reacted angrily after the Japanese PM, Sanae Takaichi, mentioned in response to a question in their parliament that a Chinese assault on Taiwan could constitute a ‘survival-threatening situation’ for Japan, which could lead to it exercising ‘it’s right of self-defence.’ She even invoked the US-Japan defence treaty. All this, despite Japan […]
How Pakistan has mastered the art of projecting defeat as victory First Post 28 Nov 2025 Field Marshal William Slim’s book ‘defeat into victory’, published in 1956, covered the retaking of Burma (now Myanmar) from the Japanese by allied forces during the second world war. The book was praised for its narrative style and detailed account of the offensive, […]
Security implications of the Hasina verdict The Statesman 25 Nov 2025 Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death, in absentia, after finding them guilty of crimes against humanity, during the student led protests of Jul-Aug last year. Official records mention that over 1400 were killed […]
China’s disinformation campaign Amar Ujala 22 Nov 2025 The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission which is a US Congress-created advisory body published its latest report recently. The report, on the recently concluded Operation Sindoor, accused China of being behind a major disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the French Rafale aircraft in favour of its own J 35. The […]
UN endorsing Trump’s Gaza peace plan is a good idea, but peace requires more than a ceasefire First Post 21 Nov 2025 The UN Security Council (UNSC), with a vote of 13-0, Russia and China abstaining, approved resolution No 2803, which was basically President Trump’s Gaza peace plan. This resolution legalizes establishment of the ‘Board of Peace,’ which would […]
Realigning security concerns The Excelsior 21 Nov 2025 The Indian army’s Eastern Command recently established three new military stations in and around the vital Chicken’s neck, which links the country with the North East. The military stations are located at Bamuni (near Dhubri), Kishanganj, and Chapra. The intent is to monitor the Bangladesh border, enable rapid deployment in case […]
Pak-Afghan conflict The Excelsior 15 Nov 2025 The latest round of Pakistan-Afghanistan talks, held in Istanbul, mediated by Turkey and Qatar, has collapsed. These talks were led by intelligence chiefs on both sides, which meant that Pakistan’s polity had no role, as also Rawalpindi’s intent was to coerce Kabul to adhere to their terms under threat of military action. […]