An analysis of how Iran’s four decades of proxy warfare, regional destabilization, and strategic miscalculations culminated in the current conflict with the United States and Israel, reshaping the Middle Eastern security landscape.
Explore how the 2025 Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) signals a return to “organized ambiguity” in the Gulf, challenging India’s diplomatic assumptions and reshaping South Asian geopolitics.
Explore the legal rationale behind Pakistan’s cross-border precision airstrikes in Afghanistan. An academic analysis of Article 51, state sovereignty, and the TTP threat
Explore how classical and structural realism explain the Iran-Israel rivalry. Discover how the pursuit of power and the “security dilemma” shape the volatile Middle East.
Analyze Pakistan’s quiet role in Gulf tensions. Learn how Islamabad uses shuttle diplomacy to balance ties with both Saudi Arabia and Iran amidst the mounting tensions.
Iran’s missile attacks expose the UAE’s strategic vulnerability after the Abraham Accords, revealing the limits of deterrence and reliance on U.S. security guarantees.
: Pakistan helped halt Iran’s strikes on the Gulf states, but the real test begins now. Can Islamabad balance diplomacy, deterrence, and its Saudi defense pact?
Pakistan launches Operation Ghazb-e-Lil-Haq against militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan amid rising TTP attacks, signaling a decisive shift in Islamabad’s security strategy.
![Prime Minister Narendra Modi with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at an official event. [Photo Courtesy: Praveen Jain via The Print].](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/20-scaled-e1755601883425-1024x576-1.webp "The Facade of Indian Strategic Autonomy")
India’s strategic autonomy faces pressure as US trade leverage, energy dependence, and defence ties test New Delhi’s balancing doctrine.
Washington’s new security lens is transactional. Partnerships must pay. For India, sentiment won’t suffice, deliverables will.