Qingdao 2025 brings India and Pakistan’s defense chiefs face-to-face after May’s clashes, a pivotal SCO moment that could shift the balance from tension to dialogue, or deepen divides in an evolving multipolar order.
China’s rise as a major arms supplier is reshaping global alliances, challenging long-standing US and Russian dominance, and redefining military and strategic partnerships across Asia, Africa, and beyond.
India, often celebrated as a vibrant and colorful tourism hub, is facing a crisis that tarnishes its global image, a crisis that disproportionately affects women,
Four years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, the world seems fatigued. Donor aid is drying up, media coverage has moved on, and
India’s recent announcement to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), followed by inflammatory remarks from senior ministers including Amit Shah’s conceited statement about never restoring
In an era defined by nuclear anxieties, great power recalibrations, and regional arms races, the global discourse on nonproliferation must be rooted in nuance, history,
At a time when the global order is increasingly defined by unpredictability and polarization, the meeting between Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed
India’s muted response to Israel’s preemptive military action against Iran in June 2025, and its recent decision to abstain from endorsing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s
The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, is under threat amid rising Gulf tensions. For South Asian nations like Pakistan and India—heavily reliant on oil and trade flowing through this narrow waterway—any disruption could trigger a devastating energy crisis, inflation surge, and economic paralysis.
The recent public statement by the U.S. Embassy in India addressing undocumented Indian nationals in the United States should not only be understood as an