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Trump Blows Hot, Iran Remains Calm

Asad Mirza - September 21, 2026

Trump’s latest warnings mark a sharp escalation in language during a conflict already stretching across the Middle East. In an interview with Fox News, he reportedly described himself as being in “deciding mode,” weighing...

Why is Xi’s Visit to the US Important to Trump

Maj Gen Harsha Kakar - September 21, 2026

The White House has intimated that President Trump will personally receive Chinese President Xi Jinping at the airport when he arrives for his state visit on September 23. This is unprecedented, as even Trump...

The Transitional Phase of New World Order!

Col Rajinder Singh - September 21, 2026

“Those who are witnessing an erosion in their primacy no longer believe in the rules that they themselves set.” S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs The ongoing volatility in the politico-military affairs of the world indicates the...

The Shaksgam Gambit

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - September 19, 2026

On September 17, 2026, Pakistan and China held the inaugural meeting of a Joint Boundary Commission in Islamabad. The event drew little ceremony, but carries real weight. It came within weeks of Prime Minister...

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...

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