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

Indian Muslims are Against Zionism not Judaism

  The recent anti-Muslim sentiments, expressed mostly on various social media platforms globally by blind followers of the right-wing ideology, and in some cases publicly also by right-wing Hindu priests in India leads one to...

Decoding Why Israelis Are Fleeing Israel

  As the conflict between the Israeli government and Hamas enters the 30th day, as per the official figures released on 5th November by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and United Nations Office...

Qatar’s Rise as a Regional Mediator

  In a region besieged with internal squabbling’s, tribal and regional superiority, false pride and mostly hollow pompous statements not followed by any ground action, Qatar has emerged as a powerful mediator. This is not the...

India’s Role in Resolving the West Asia Crisis

  The 12th day of the latest conflict in West Asia between Hamas and Israel has shown the whole world the ‘duplicity’ of the global powers and even regional powers. While on the one hand...

India or China: Who is Ahead?

The string of diplomatic events, with India as an important member, started with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) annual summit hosted by India virtually in July earlier. The SCO meeting was held days after...

India’s South East Asia Policy

  The G20 New Delhi Summit in early September was in fact a global brand and image making exercise for the Government of India. An exercise in which the Prime Minister Modi, G20 Sherpa Amitabh...

Increased Terror Threat to India

  A recent UN Report on global operations of Al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the UN Security Council says that Al Qaeda...

Wings India 2024: Showcasing India’s Booming Aviation Industry

  India's Civil Aviation industry has flown many miles, set numerous milestones, and overcome many challenges to become one of the world's most lucrative aviation markets. The growth of the sector has been monumental. To...

Rumblings in Pakistan

  The last week’s happenings in Pakistan have been a cause of concern, apprehension and hope all mixed together for the Indian establishment, as the elements involving the country’s political, judicial and military establishments unfolded...

Prioritising the Road Ahead for the Indian Industry

  75 years after independence, becoming the fifth largest economy in the world and poised to be the third largest economy by 2030, India has indeed surpassed many significant milestones. But the moot question here is...

India’s Rise As Geopolitical Beacon

  Over the last ten years, India has emerged as a major player on the global scenario and the regional politics. Though earlier during the Cold War, India was considered to be the most moderate...

Indo-US Defence Ties: How Deep They Are?

  Earlier, this month during the visit of NSA Ajit Doval to the United States, India and the US, kick-started the inaugural dialogue on the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET).  In addition, the two...

Biden’s Legal Troubles

US President Biden’s own handling of classified materials is now under scrutiny given the revelations that documents were stored at his private office and home. In his defence Biden said he was “surprised” to...
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