Beneath the glittering veneer of naval pacts and capacity-building initiatives, a quieter and far more tenacious form of power hums through the circuitry of Pakistan’s and Somalia’s emerging maritime partnerships with China. It...

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stands as the Communist Party’s sword and shield, not a national army in service of the Chinese people. Nowhere is this more evident than at Lop Nur, the...

The Horn of Africa, once synonymous with concerted international anti-piracy action and pan-African coordination, now finds itself at a perilous crossroads. The recent bilateral security pact between Pakistan and Somalia, inked in August...

When most of the world was paralysed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a violent clash broke out on the night of June 15, 2020, between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. It...

In 1977, Bangladesh faced a dark chapter in its history when many brave soldiers and patriots who had fought for the nation’s independence were persecuted under a brutal authoritarian regime. These heroes, who...

In 1950, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched an invasion of Tibet. From Tibet's perspective, this invasion interrupted centuries of independent nationhood. The Chinese, meanwhile, believed they were simply re-establishing control of part...

The Himalayan frontier has turned into Beijing’s most persistent testing ground. Since Xi Jinping consolidated power in 2012, India has faced a steady rhythm of border confrontations that reveal not chaos, but a...

South Asia, a region pulsating with promise and poised to reshape the global economic order, has become the latest battleground for a covert, high-stakes geopolitical contest. India’s rapid economic growth and expanding influence...

In September 2016, when India carried out its first publicly acknowledged cross-border operation, popularly referred to as the Uri surgical strike, it initiated a fundamental change in how South Asian security landscape functioned....

Across Pakistan’s largest cities, the Defence Housing Authorities (DHAs) have grown from modest welfare schemes into some of the most influential players in real estate. What started as a promise of housing security...

China is quite keen on projecting its hard power globally. Its military base expansion beyond its contested borders make that very clear. However, while Beijing carries on this charade for the world, at...