Opinion

In May 2009, I was commanding a brigade in Eastern Ladakh. One of my responsibilities was to lead discussions with the People’s Liberation Army at Rezang La, a place where history weighs heavily and...

In diplomacy, courtesy and goodwill are of great importance. For centuries, this unwritten convention has guided the conduct of nation-states, even those who are otherwise sworn enemies. The United States of America, which prides...

2026 opened with US muscle-power exercise, intended to revive the Monroe Doctrine and reinforce its security dominance, which had been under scrutiny since Israel’s strikes on Qatar escalated tensions in the Middle East last...

Defence pacts rarely emerge in a strategic vacuum. They are products of threat perception, alliance uncertainty, and evolving power hierarchies. The Pakistan-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), signed in 2025, and subsequent reports of...

The pressures Iran faces today did not appear overnight. They represent the accumulated weight of long-standing structural weaknesses that have persisted alongside constant external pressures. The roots of the present situation lie in three...

What happened on January 3, 2026 shook the world as US forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas and took him to New York City, where Maduro pleaded not guilty...

after almost six months of a US large-scale air-naval offensive against Iran's underground nuclear reactors to reassert its security credibility in the Middle East, following Israel's strikes in Qatar that crossed the region's security...

The Indian Army’s decision to designate 2026 as the Year of Networking & Data Centricity marks a decisive inflexion point in its journey from a platform-heavy force to a truly information-age army. Anchored in the...

During the past one year, perhaps no other man has garnered so much news headlines and space as the American President Donald Trump. This is not due to any of his humane policies or...

Asim Munir: The General Who Refuses to Fall: There is an old proverb that says a cat has nine lives. But there is a catch – it doesn’t say that cats are immortal or...

After almost four years of the Coup, the on-going elections in Myanmar, which by definition, do not appear to be free and fair, are just being held to legitimise the military rule. The most...

The Galwan Valley clash of June 15, 2020, represents the most serious military confrontation between India and China since the 1967 incidents at Nathu La and Cho La. The deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and an...

After losing decades of strategic depth in Afghanistan, Pakistan has now shifted its attention to cultivating a second phase of strategic depth — Bangladesh. Following the 2024 uprising in Bangladesh that ousted Sheikh Hasina,...