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UAE Exit Rewrites Oil Power
The UAE’s May 1, 2026 exit from OPEC and OPEC+ is a strategic, sovereignty‑driven move that weakens cartel cohesion, raises near‑term price risk while enabling the UAE to expand...
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SITI Odisha: From Planning to Transformation
When institutions change, the direction of a state often changes with them. Odisha’s decision to replace its legacy...
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Regulating Foreign Funds: A Necessary Tightrope Walk
The proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, reflects the Indian government’s continuing effort to tighten oversight of...
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“The most powerful nation is the one that never abandons its soldiers.”
The story from that cold evening in 1997, when Bill Clinton stopped his motorcade to sit beside a...
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Past Lessons, Future Risks: The Iran Ceasefire and the Shifting Balance of Power
The two week US-Iran ceasefire expires on 22 Apr. It was more of a tactical pause than a...
“He Who Refused to Die” – The Untold Story of Major Chint Singh, India’s Forgotten POW Hero
The Forgotten FrontIn the vast annals of India’s military history, there are names that thunder across battlefields, Rezang La, Longewala, Kargil. Yet there...
Pakistan’s Next Target Could Be India’s Economy – and the US Won’t Mind
Strategic BackgroundIn my earlier analysis published in Goa Chronicle, I had argued that Operation Sindoor was more than a military event, it was a...
From Italy with Love (and Wine): Vinitaly Finds a New Home in Mumbai and Goa
When I first heard that Vinitaly, the world’s most celebrated wine festival, is coming to Mumbai and Goa, my first reaction was pure excitement...
Analysing Allegations of Indian Army’s Responsibility in Rajiv Gandhi Government’s Sri Lanka Policy Failure 1987-90
‘There are two skills in which the Indian Army can never hope to win against adept political camp followers; singing their master’s tune for...
From Kabul to Karachi: the blowback that will dismantle Pakistan
I. From Proxy to PyreIn my earlier analysis, “Noor Wali Mehsud and Pakistan: From Ally to Adversary - A Tale of Betrayal, Blowback and...
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...





