Opinion

The United Arab Emirates has made a bold move by announcing its intention to leave both OPEC and the wider OPEC+ alliance, effective from May 1, 2026. After nearly 60 years as a member —...

The wait is nearly over: Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar is all set to commence commercial flight operations on June 15, 2026, following its formal inauguration on March 28, 2026. Once operational, the...

The Economics of Geography: India’s Missed Maritime Advantage: India handles over 1.6 billion tonnes of cargo annually across its ports, yet remains a minor player in global trans-shipment economics. Despite being the world’s fifth-largest economy and...

Relations between India and Pakistan continue to be defined by deep mistrust, recurring security crises, and a fundamental lack of progress towards normalisation. As of late April 2026, more than a year after the...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....