Türkiye-Israel Rivalry is Reshaping West Asia
Introduction Amid the Middle East’s deepening turmoil, the growing rivalry between Türkiye and Israel is fueling tension in an already fragmented region. Despite a past legacy of cooperation, relations are now at an all-time low and ...
Peace, Power and Parallel Orders: India at the Crossroads
Trump’s Board of Peace and the Moral Future of Global Governance The contemporary world stands unsettled, not merely by conflict but by confusion over authority, legitimacy, and moral direction. Wars persist, alliances fray, institutions weaken—and into ...
The Emerging Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi Defence Pact: Strategic Imperatives for India’s Response
The prospect of a Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi defence pact, anchored on the principle that an attack on one will be treated as an attack on all, marks a serious inflexion point in India’s external security ...
Shaksgam at the Crossroads: China’s Infrastructure Push, India’s Strategic Dilemma and the Road Ahead
A Strategic Shift Without the Sound of Guns. In the unforgiving heights of the Karakoram, far from television cameras and crisis-driven diplomacy, a strategic shift is underway. China has accelerated infrastructure development in the Shaksgam Valley, ...
Sluggish U.S. Hiring and Its Implications for India
In December 2025, the U.S. economy added just 50,000 jobs, marking the weakest monthly employment gain since the COVID-era disruptions and closing out a year characterised by persistently soft hiring momentum. Apparently, this figure raises concerns ...
Venezuela and the Return of Raw Power: Geopolitics Beyond the Illusion of Rules
Viewed holistically, the invasion of Venezuela appears less a demonstration of confidence than a confession of strategic anxiety. Rather than restoring US supremacy, such actions may accelerate the very decline they seek to arrest. Will India ...
Restraint in Times of Uncertainty: India’s Strategic Opportunities Amidst Trump’s Disruptions
In this environment of uncertainty and moral drift, India occupies a position of growing strategic consequence. Neither a declining hegemon nor a revisionist disruptor, India brings to the table civilisational depth, strategic patience and increasing material ...
Operation Absolute Resolve: A Wake-Up Call for India’s Defence Preparedness
When American forces executed Operation Absolute Resolve on 3 January 2026, striking targets across Venezuela and capturing President Nicolás Maduro with surgical precision, the world witnessed more than just another military operation. It was a masterclass ...
The US Attack on Venezuela: Political conflicts are rarely separable from economic interests
Introduction History rarely repeats itself in identical form, but it often reveals familiar patterns. Major powers tend to respond forcefully when they perceive strategic threats to their core interests, particularly in regions they regard as vital ...
VENEZUELA: The GRAVE IMPLICATIONS Globally
Introduction American soldiers attacked Venezuela on 03 January 2026, and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Adela Flores. USA’s promise to “run” the country indefinitely, all without any UN authorisation, has shredded the remnants ...
2026: India’s Sweet Spot Year?
2025 was a testing year for India on the geopolitical front. Confronted with the Trumpian revolution that aggravated trade tensions, major power rivalries, secondary effects of wars and structural economic shifts, India needed to navigate turbulent ...
Venezuela and the Return of Power Politics: Is Colonialism Re-Entering Global Strategy?
The events in Venezuela go beyond intervention or regime change. It represents something more fundamental: the reassertion of imperial authority under contemporary strategic language. When a major power claims the right to detain a sitting head ...
