Noor Wali Mehsud and Pakistan: From Ally to Adversary – A Tale of Betrayal, Blowback, and Lessons for India
The story of Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is Pakistan’s self-made tragedy. A nation that used militancy as a...
Ladakh on the Boil: From Silent Sentinel to Faultline
A Land Between Mountains and EmpiresLadakh is India’s sentinel on the roof of the world. A high desert where geography dictates destiny. For centuries,...
Bulldozers, Bias & the Bench: When “Satisfaction” Overshadows Law
When Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai recently remarked that banning bulldozer actions gave him “immense satisfaction,” he perhaps meant to highlight compassion...
Saudi – Pakistan Defence Pact: A Bargain of Money and Manpower
IntroductionSaudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a defence deal on 17 September 2025. On paper, it looks like a pact between two traditional allies....
The Fractured Geopolitics of the Middle East: How Internal Divisions and External Interventions Are Degrading the Region
Introduction: A Region at War with ItselfThe Middle East and West Asia present a paradox of immense potential and perpetual conflict. Beneath the...
Proxy Warfare Goes Digital: China, India, and the New South Asian Battleground
The Himalayan ImplosionKathmandu is burning—not just in the physical sense of its Parliament, Supreme Court, and media houses engulfed in flames, but as a...
