Guest's View
Israel, Qatar, Pakistan, and India’s Lesson in Survival
The Middle East is once again in turmoil. This time, Israel has turned its attention to Qatar. A country of gas wealth and glass towers, Qatar promotes itself as...
Guest's View
Navarro’s “Vampire” Slur and the Pushback of a New India
It began with a single remark. Peter Navarro, once Donald Trump’s trade adviser and now a loud voice...
Edit Corner
Terror in Jerusalem: The Ramot Junction Attack and the Cost of Hate
Jerusalem, a city that has withstood the ebb and flow of empires, faiths, and civilizations, was once again...
Editors Note
India and Israel: A Bilateral Investment Agreement That Reflects a Deeper Strategic Bond
In geopolitics, not every agreement signed between nations deserves celebration. Too often, bilateral treaties are dressed up in...
Opinion
Modi, Trump, and the Mandala Chessboard: India’s Diplomatic Balancing Act
The current phase of India–U.S. relations is not one of polite smiles, ceremonial handshakes, or orchestrated trade deals....
Witches’ brew in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s problem is that everyone wants it to be someone else’s problem!In the 1980s, Pakistan was a happy sidekick in the US war against...
UNSC resolution on ‘Taliban’ is a stab to the heart of the people of Afghanistan
You cannot whitewash the truth. The truth is out in the open for all humanity to see. Taliban is the face of Islamic terrorism....
India-Tibet-World The saga of convenient oblivion
In this piece on Tibet, I shall not go into its hoary past, nor recapitulate the events that led to its occupation by Communist...
China US relations, The strange marriage is over
China thinks it owns Russia, and sees it as a warehouse of raw materials for China’s industrial machine, and a fount of state-of-the-art military...
Afghanistan — 48 years of conflict
Almost everyone today knows that the Taliban is an Afghan-born, Pakistan-educated RADICAL ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, but to understand why they came to power in...
Joe Biden’s parting gift to Taliban
In April 2021, the Joe Biden administration announced the withdrawal of all U.S. troops, but then requested a funding increase for Afghan security forces...