Opinion

Pakistan has long portrayed its nuclear arsenal as the ultimate guarantor of its security against a conventionally superior India. Since conducting its first nuclear tests in 1998 (following India's tests that year), Islamabad has...

International law, it was considered, was the panacea to the egregious violations of human rights across the world. In that context, it evolved most definitely in the aftermath of World War II, particularly based...

Iran's approach to unmanned warfare has become the focal point of the global discourse regarding one-way assault drones. Iranian systems, particularly the Shahed-131 and Shahed-136, have illustrated the potential of inexpensive, mass-produced drones to...

There are moments in international politics when restraint holds more significance than action. The current crisis in the Gulf brings this question into sharp focus. This seems to be one of those moments. The...

The US decision to temporarily ease sanctions on Iranian oil shipments already at sea, sparked online reactions, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked the move on X, writing: “Lifting sanctions on Iranian oil...

“….. I told them openly ….  I'll knock the hell out of it ….. totally obliterated every military target ….. the island was out of commission, except for the pipes, which I left ….....

India's approach has traditionally focused on strategic caution and diplomacy to maintain good relations with Gulf nations, mainly to secure energy supplies. However, over the past decade, there has been a shift towards more...

In July 1944, as the Second World War was still raging, representatives from forty-four nations gathered in the quiet resort town of Bretton Woods in New Hampshire. The Mount Washington Hotel, nestled among the White...

In the high-stakes arena of great-power competition, few assets embody raw strategic leverage like the US Navy’s nuclear-powered supercarriers. Yet in recent weeks, a coordinated propaganda barrage from Tehran and Beijing has sought to...

Qeshm occupying an area of 1,445sq km (558sq miles) approximately – is considered to be the entrance point from the Gulf, acting as a cork in the world’s most vital energy transit passage. It...

The drone attacks by Iran on neighbouring Gulf countries continues relentlessly. A report by Times of India dated March 16, 2026, indicates that a drone attack led to an outbreak of fire at Dubai...

"If Israel thinks that by killing me, they will be victorious, that is their mistake. This war is being led by the youth of Iran, and they will remain undefeated.” — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...

Whatever one may say about India and its stand on the current tension in the Middle East region, the Iran war has, in no uncertain terms, exposed weakness of the country’s external policy. From...