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Trump’s Russia Sanctions Threatens to Reshape India’s Oil Policy

Asad Mirza - September 18, 2026

The United States has moved closer to turning its Russia policy into a broad instrument of economic coercion. The US House of Representatives has approved the “Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act...

The Makkah Defence Pact: A New Architecture of Collective Security in the Middle East and Beyond

Maj Gen (Dr) Rajan Kochhar - September 17, 2026

the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on August 7, 2026 marks an important development in the strategic architecture of the Middle East and South Asia. It is more than...

Afghanistan: Engagement Without Recognition

Brig Advitya Madan - September 17, 2026

Five years after the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghanistan presents an uncomfortable paradox. The regime remains unrecognised by most of the world, yet countries that reject formal recognition increasingly deal with it as a political...

The Security Ledger of New Delhi 2026: What the BRICS Summit Means for India and South Asia

Vipul V. Tamhane - September 17, 2026

When the 18th BRICS Summit concluded at Bharat Mandapam on September 13, the headlines belonged to the diplomats: a consensus declaration wrung from 11 quarrelsome members, 15 bilaterals in three days, a rare Xi...

BRICS 2026: Fountainhead of World Security and Economic Co-operation

Lt Gen (Dr) S K Gadeock - September 16, 2026

The single fact that matters from this weekend is that eleven states - two of them actively at war with each other - endorsed the same document. On Saturday, September 12, the 18th BRICS...

The Empire Comes Home: Is Britain’s Political Karma Returning?

Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry - September 16, 2026

Britain once drew the map of the world; today the world is watching Britain redraw its own map. On September 14, 2026, in Cardiff, the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland came together...

The Weaponisation of Technology and Critical Minerals: A New Grammer of Power

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - September 15, 2026

For most of the modern era, power was measured in tanks, warheads and carrier groups. That measure is changing. A rare-earth magnet, a piece of denied software code, or a single lithography machine can...

Framing the Frame: What Pakistan’s SCO Crop Really Signifies

Vipul V. Tamhane - September 15, 2026

On September 1, 2026, at the close of the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, the official account of Pakistan's Prime Minister's Office posted the customary family photograph of the assembled heads...

Cohesion Under Strain: The Geopolitics of the Modi-Xi New Delhi Talks

Hridbina Chatterjee - September 15, 2026

The mechanics of modern multipolar diplomacy often demand that bitter bilateral rivals share a stage to construct larger institutional alternatives to Western-dominated global governance. The 18th BRICS Summit held at Bharat Mandapam in New...

Global Affairs: India in a Unique Position

Maj Gen Harsha Kakar - September 15, 2026

India has been insisting that ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran must end. It refused to take sides, reiterating that these wars can only conclude through dialogue. In Kyiv, answering questions on why India...

Expanding Makkah Defence Alliance

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - September 14, 2026

The Strategic, Political and Defence Committee of the Makkah Alliance held its first meeting in Istanbul on August 31, 2026, where the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan announced that the Makkah...

Strategising India’s Eurasian Outreach

Nalin Kumar Mohapatra - September 14, 2026

The conclusion of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan from August 29 - September 1 2026, as also the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with President...

BRICS 2026: India’s Diplomatic Dividend in a Fractured World

Asad Mirza - September 14, 2026

India’s most important achievement at BRICS 2026 was not a single agreement but the creation of diplomatic space among adversaries. New Delhi hosted Russia, China, Iran, the UAE and other major developing powers at...

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