Asad Mirza

-The writer is a New Delhi-based senior commentator on international and strategic affairs, environmental issues, an interfaith practitioner, and a media consultant. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily carry the views of Raksha Anirveda

Bishkek Calling: PM Modi’s SCO Gambit Runs Through Tashkent

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was founded in 2001, evolving out of the "Shanghai Five" security dialogue among China, Russia and three Central Asian states formed after the Soviet collapse. The SCO gives India...

Dogfight Diplomacy: Why Egypt’s Skies Hold the Key to India’s Fighter Jet Dilemma

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In late August 2026, China's J-16s dogfought Egyptian Rafales in a first-of-its-kind exercise, Russia revived its Su-57 pitch to India even as New Delhi signalled the deal was dead, and Turkish and Chinese transport...

India and Japan Move Past Symbolism

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On August 20, 2026, India and Japan signed their first-ever defence-only joint statement and a landmark maritime security pact. It's not just paperwork - it's a signal that two of Asia's biggest democracies are...

Bangladesh’s Indication to Join Makkah Pact, Cause of Concern for India

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Words matter in diplomacy, and Bangladesh's foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kabir chose his carefully. Asked whether Dhaka would join the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement - the pact Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed on...

“US Territory” by Tweet: Trump’s Hormuz Fantasy Meets Iran’s Hard No

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Nearly six months into the US-Israel war on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz has become less a shipping lane than a rhetorical battlefield. This week that theatre reached a new pitch: Donald Trump posted...

India’s Ascent Story Continues

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Adecade ago, India was grouped among the "Fragile Five" emerging markets, battered by inflation and a weak rupee. That narrative has been rewritten. India's nominal GDP has roughly tripled from ₹106.57 lakh crore in...

At 80, India is Loved, Feared and Doubted – Often by the Same Neighbourhood

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Eighty years ago, on August 15, 1947, India woke up to a freedom it had to build almost from scratch - a fractured economy, a freshly drawn and bloody border, and a place in...

China’s Polar Silk Road: Why Being First Matters

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Every great trade route in history has rewarded whoever mapped, secured and normalised it first - Venice on the spice routes, Britain on Suez and the United States on the post-war Pacific. China now...

Makkah Pact to Reshape the Middle East

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On August 7, in the holy city of Makkah, three men who lead very different countries stood together and signed a document that many in the region had been quietly expecting, and dreading, for...

What The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal Means

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The latest US-Saudi Arabia nuclear agreement, formalised under Section 123 of the US Atomic Energy Act, gives American firms legal access to build out Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear programme, alongside separate bilateral safeguards accord...

Nepal’s Second Gen-Z Reckoning

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Nepal is witnessing an uncomfortable rerun. Less than a year after a youth uprising burned down Singha Durbar and forced KP Sharma Oli from office, the generation that engineered that upheaval is back on...

How NATO Survived Its Bipolar Summit with Donald Trump

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When Donald Trump landed in Ankara this week for NATO's annual summit, the alliance's carefully choreographed script survived roughly as long as his motorcade took to reach the venue. What followed was, by multiple...

UK’s £300 Billion Defence Gamble, An Opportunity for India

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Aresignation two years in the making: Starmer's fall was less an event than a slow puncture. Labour's landslide 2024 victory gave way, within eighteen months, to collapsing approval ratings, a dismal set of local...
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