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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 forgotten veteran, is not just a moving anecdote. It is 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...
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US–China Rivalry and the Thucydides Trap
2,400 years ago, when Thucydides wrote that “it was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this...
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Naxalism in India: Policies, Operations, and the Decline of the Red Corridor
Origins and IdeologyHow a peasant revolt evolved into India’s longest-running insurgency.The Naxal movement began in 1967 in Naxalbari,...
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Between Energy, Diplomacy and Diaspora – Calibrated Indian Neutrality in West Asia
On 23 Mar 2026, Indian PM Modi spoke in the Parliament on the ongoing conflict in West Asia...
The price of Dr Muizzu’s lust for China will be borne by the people of Maldives
Dr Mohammed Muizzu is not a political leader in love with the people of Maldives. He is a closeted Islamic radical who is cunningly...
Maldives is home to the reconnaissance men behind the Bengaluru IISC and Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks
On December 28, 2005, Bengaluru was the target of a terror attack, reportedly its first such terror attack. Terrorists opened fire killing Professor Munish...
The Real Winners Await: The Unrewarded Aircraft Operators
Why do airlines struggle to stay afloat?Why do some segments in aviation make money while the ones who operate the aircraft bear the brunt...
Maldivian President Muizzu’s tacit support to terror operatives is an imminent threat to India
There is an imminent threat from Lashkar-E-Toiba and ISIS operatives to India from Maldives. Most of the terror operatives have been trained in Pakistan...
Reappointment of Dr Shaheem as Islamic Minister could sink Dr Mohammed Muizzu’s presidential ship
The President of Maldives Dr Mohammed Muizzu has close family connections with an NGO Jamiyyath Salaf. The NGO is a wolf in sheep's clothing...
Lakshadweep-how easy or difficult is to develop a world-class tourist destination?
India and the Maldives are in an undiplomatic tussle made out of creating issues out of nothing. But in hindsight, it does point out...





