By Ahan S. Prakash   Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to New Delhi will be treated as a diplomatic event of the first order, and inRead More »India and China: A Pause, Not a Reset

By Daniel Frost   Something has quietly shifted in how the far right in Europe and the hardline wing of the Israeli government do businessRead More »The Islamophobia Axis: Israel and Europe’s Far Right

  By Adam Reed   Since the end of World War II, the most powerful military machine on earth has lived with a strange contradiction.Read More »The US: Eighty Years of Unfinished Wars

  By Ahan S. Prakash   On 31 August 2026, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague did something courts rarely get credit for:Read More »The Indus Waters Test: India vs. International Law

By Adam Reed The rollout of Operation Economic Outcast is a telling sign of how desperate the Trump administration has become. The thinking in WashingtonRead More »Sanctions Siegecraft: Washington’s Paper Power Exposed

By Daniel Frost When Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir released footage of himself strolling through Damon security prison to confront female Palestinian prisoners,Read More »Ben Gvir: The Face of Israel’s Dehumanization Policy

  By Ahan S. Prakash   Bangladesh has never been quick to make waves on the security front, which is why the signals coming outRead More »Bangladesh Eyes Mecca Pact: A New Challenge for India

  There is an old observation that a nation’s character is best read not in what it celebrates but in who it leaves behind. India’sRead More »India’s Majoritarian Project Faces Global Scrutiny

  Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” suggests that to subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Turkey seems to be takingRead More »Turkey’s Syria Strategy: Win Without War

By Adam Reed The strategic calculus behind Washington’s military posture in the Middle East is undergoing a significant transformation. Following extensive damage to fixed basesRead More »Washington’s New Middle East Strategy

By Adam Reed The ongoing military confrontation with Iran has pushed Washington into a strategic dead end that echoes the darkest days of the IraqRead More »The Iran Quagmire: Washington’s Strategic Dead End