From Hands-off to Engagement: India’s Diplomacy Amidst a Changing Nepal
Nepal has moved towards political stability over the past few decades. India, its closest neighbour and largest trade partner, has been a keen observer of events in Nepal. The political events, however, have most certainly surprised India, and it was taken aback by the two major recent developments in Nepal. Firstly, India was caught off…
Spies for Hire: How Tehran, Moscow, and Islamabad Turned Espionage Tactics
In early April 2026, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet arrested four active-duty IDF soldiers on suspicion of espionage for Iran. In another case, a 21-year-old Jerusalem resident was arrested for filming sensitive locations for an Iranian intelligence agency, met through social media. An engineer working on the Iron Dome air defence system, Raz Cohen, was…
Engineering Fear: The New Middle East Truce
In a regional moment defined by calculated ambiguity and measured tension, ceasefires are no longer mere pauses in hostilities and have become strategic tools for managing conflicts. The “two-week truce” in the ongoing war between the United States and Israel against Iran announced by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on April 8, and seconded by…
