Xi backs China-Iran alliance

US Regulatory Action and Crony Oligarchies Expose Indian Structural Fragilities

SAT Commentary

The United States Department of Labor’s decision on October 8 to suspend permanent residence verification processing for eight major technology companies, including Indian IT giants

Indian Tech Firms Meet the Limits of American Welcome

SAT Editorial Desk

“Foreign indentured servants.” Vice President JD Vance chose those words carefully on October 8, and they will outlast the policy they were meant to defend.

Ideological Foundations and Strategic Realities of Fitna al-Khawarij

SAT Commentary

Contemporary security statecraft requires dismantling the ideological underpinnings of non-state violent extremism alongside kinetic counter-terrorism operations. Ground-breaking scholarly research, most notably Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri’s comprehensive study

Russia’s Taliban Gamble Opens a New Terrorism Fault Line

Saima Afzal

Originally published by Atalyar. Featured by South Asia Times (SAT) for informational purposes, with attribution to the original author and publisher.The immediate disagreement was between

Illustration of an Indian official facing Kabul, with files labelled RAW, GDI, TTP and BLA, SAT Brief cover

India’s Afghanistan Gambit

Umer Farooq

India once accused the Taliban of bombing its embassy in Kabul. Today its embassy is back, and Pakistani intelligence reports describe a RAW–GDI alliance bringing the TTP and BLA together against Pakistan.

South Asia Times

Chinese President Xi pledges support for Iran’s nuclear rights during a visit by Iranian President Raisi

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