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Oil, War, and the World’s Nerve Centre: Why the Next Energy Shock Could Reshape Global Power

On any ordinary morning, somewhere in the vast blue expanse between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, a line of giant oil tankers slowly inches through a narrow...

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Bangladesh After the Faultlines: Can Foreign Policy Hold the Republic Together?

When I wrote in Goa Chronicle about the emerging faultlines within Bangladesh, the argument was not alarmist. It...

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The Unbroken Delta: Bangladesh, Strategic Signalling and the Question of Fracture

It began with a sentence. When Muhammad Yunus recently referred to the “Seven Sisters” of India in the same...

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Beyond the Tariff Number: How Bharat Learned to Negotiate Without Bowing

It was announced in a burst of headlines. “US cuts reciprocal tariffs on India to 18%.” Markets reacted first….green ticks,...

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₹7.85 Lakh Crore and a Clear Message: India’s Defence Budget Signals Strength, Speed and Self-Reliance

India’s Union Budget 2026–27 leaves no room for ambiguity. In the shadow of Operation Sindoor, New Delhi has...

Saudi – Pakistan Defence Pact: A Bargain of Money and Manpower

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Mayank Chaubey - 19/09/2025

Introduction Saudi 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

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Dr. Nishikant Ojha - 18/09/2025

Introduction: A Region at War with Itself The 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

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Dr. Nishikant Ojha - 15/09/2025

The Himalayan Implosion Kathmandu is burning—not just in the physical sense of its Parliament, Supreme Court, and media houses engulfed in flames, but as a...