What began as a rapid military campaign by the United States and Israel has developed into a prolonged conflict, intensifying instability across the Middle East […]
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NEW START Expiration and the Return of Nuclear Great Power Politics
The global security architecture has entered a period of instability defined by the collapse of the arms control framework that anchored major-power relations for over […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pakistan’s Digital Expansion Has Outrun Its Media Literacy
In Pakistan today, a rumour does not need a newsroom, a microphone or even a credible source. All it needs is a smartphone, a provocative […]
The Shifting Gulf Security Order and Pakistan’s Growing Role
For over four decades, the security architecture of the Persian Gulf rested on a single, seemingly unshakable foundation: the American security umbrella. Arab monarchies systematically […]
The Return of Great Power Rivalry: How Contemporary Wars are Reshaping Global Order
The post-Cold War dream of a friction-free, hyper-globalised world governed by multilateral consensus seems to have encountered a systemic rupture. The international system has transitioned […]
India’s Strategic Tightrope: Lessons from Iran War and Trump’s Challenge
New Delhi convened a strategic dialogue with Washington on 5-6 August, foregrounding themes of security, stability, economic cooperation, and most critically, the vulnerabilities of global […]
Strategic Transactionalism: Russia’s Post-Assad Playbook in the Middle East
For most of 2025, Western capitals perceived that Russia’s position in the Middle East was in terminal decline. The fall of Bashar al-Assad in December […]
Why India and Iran Cannot Afford to Drift Apart
The war that has convulsed West Asia since February has tested every regional relationship, but few as quietly and as consequentially as the one between […]