India’s Gulf Dilemma: Strategic Autonomy in a Shifting Middle East
India’s foreign policy is facing one of its more difficult tests as the Middle East conflict continues to widen. The war involving the United States and Iran has placed New Delhi in a difficult position. India has important strategic relationships with Washington and Tehran, along with extensive economic and security interests across the Gulf. The…
The Sentence Before the Verdict: When Legal Process Becomes Punishment
A legal case is supposed to move towards an answer: guilt or acquittal, conviction or release, liability or vindication. When that movement stretches across years, the process begins to acquire a significance of its own, with hearings becoming milestones, adjournments becoming part of daily life, and detention can continue while the central question remains unresolved.…
Beyond the Axis of Resistance: How Regional Actors Are Redefining Power in the Middle East
Six months after the unprecedented escalation in early 2026, the Middle East is navigating a radically altered geopolitical landscape in which traditional alliances are being replaced by transactional diplomacy. On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and much of his senior military command in a…
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