Opinion

AI in Space: Start at the Edge, Build for the Mission

I started my career working on the space shuttle program at IBM and thought my life endeavours would centre on space. Instead, my interest turned to compute devices and the technology that can bring computation...

The Case for IJSOC

Joint capabilities are not merely organisational constructs but also include cognitive and cultural dimensions such as interoperability, trust, and shared understanding. The effectiveness of an IJSOC would depend on enabling capabilities for operative jointness...

The Case for IJSOC

Victorious warriors win first and then go to War, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to Win - Sun Tzu  The twenty-first century has transformed warfare from physical battlefields to...

India’s Shadow War: Lone Wolves and the Fractures They Force Open

India faces a threat unlike any it has systematically prepared for during decades of counterterrorism operations. There is nothing spectacular about it: no explosives, no coordinated assault, just proximity, intent, and timing. The Mira Road...

War and Peace: US and Iran at a Crossroads 

The war in the Middle East is a greater matter of concern than any other conflict in recent history, including Ukraine. US expenditure on continuing the war is high, while its missile reserves are...

The Changing Landscape of West Asian Defence and Security

West Asia’s defence and security architecture is undergoing one of its most profound transformations in decades. What was once defined by fixed rivalries — Arab versus Persian, state versus non-state actors, US security guarantees...

Another Assassination Attempt on Trump: US Secret Service Fails to Micro-Read Threats 

After a gap of two years, US President Donald Trump faced yet another assassination attempt during the Annual Correspondents Dinner organised at the Hilton Hotel yesterday, April 25, 2026. The last serious one occurred...

Islamabad’s Deft Diplomacy

Pakistan has edged into the centre of the unfolding Iran war, not through strength but strategic positioning. It sits at a crossroads that others cannot easily occupy, and that alone has given it visibility....

US Exit Through Coercion and Pakistan’s Theatrics Are Just Face-Saving Diplomacy

After the collapse of the first round of talks, the second round is on the horizon and is almost on the brink of collapse, as Iran is unwilling to negotiate further with the US....

Pope Leo vs President Trump

Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants” in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon. Speaking in a...

Iran Crisis Tests India’s Doctrine

The present Iran-US conflagration has created unprecedented oil and gas disruptions and blockades of sea lanes of communication (SLOCs) in the perspective of Hormuz, besides humanitarian disaster and geo-economic crisis; all perpetrated through 'Epic...

The Geopolitical Chessboard: Understanding Iran’s $100 Billion Frozen Assets

With a second round of high-stakes talks on the horizon, aimed at de-escalating a long-standing "shadow war" and establishing a sustainable ceasefire, the release of the frozen Iranian funds has become the primary "bone...

Middle East War 2026: Who is the Villain?

If one asks a question as to who was the real villain for initiating the Middle East War-2026, the leftists, liberalists, Islamic-apologists, who suffer from overdose of freedom and democracy, will blame Israel and...
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