What unfolded in Bangladesh in 2024 was not a sudden democratic awakening. Nor was it an organic people’s revolt that spiralled out of control. It was a political unravelling that followed a familiar...

Covid-19 did not become a global catastrophe merely because a novel virus emerged. Pandemics are not biological accidents alone, they are political events. What turned a local outbreak into a world-shaking disaster was...

A quiet but historic scene unfolded in Dhaka in front of Indian and Bangladeshi commanders on December 16, 1971, as the head of Pakistan’s Eastern Command signed the document of surrender. With that...

Each December, memories of the 2001 Parliament attack return with a familiar weight. The assault was foiled by brave security personnel. Still, it also revealed something deeper about the security environment India inhabits,...

Founded in 1982 as a welfare body for retired Bangladeshi commissioned officers, the Retired Armed Forces Officers’ Welfare Association (RAOWA) once operated comfortably within the boundaries of professional representation. It offered a sense...

Along the desolate Makran shoreline, wooden dhows launch quietly into the Arabian Sea. Their holds carry a product that has rewritten the narcotics economy from the Gulf to East Africa, a high-purity, ephedra-based...

The attack on the Indian Army’s 166 Field Regiment camp in Nagrota on November 29, 2016, did not unfold like an ordinary infiltration. It was the work of a dedicated Jaish-e-Mohammed unit, a...

For Indian companies operating in China, the primary risks are usually framed in terms of competition, regulatory transparency and geopolitical uncertainty. But one factor receives less attention, despite its growing relevance: the way...

Xinjiang is often described as the most heavily surveilled region in the world, but the true significance of this system extends far beyond its borders. What has taken shape in Xinjiang is not...

For more than a decade, China’s policies in Xinjiang have raised alarm across human-rights circles. But the situation is no longer only about the Uyghurs. It has become a mirror reflecting how authoritarian...

For years, India’s military helicopter crews have flown missions that most armed forces would consider too dangerous to attempt. From landing in blinding whiteouts in Siachen to threading narrow valleys in the Northeast,...

Food does not immediately come to mind when discussing China’s influence in Africa. Ports, loans, and infrastructure dominate headlines. Yet across East Africa, Beijing is quietly shaping another realm of strategic importance, the...