The security arrangement of the West Asian region had been predicated on the basis that regional states could maintain their political sovereignty but depend on outside forces for their strategic security. This premise is no longer valid. There is a growing trend among states of the region to try and develop security arrangements that would enable them to develop strategic independence.
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India’s treatment of religious minorities has become an increasingly important international concern. Once widely celebrated...
The most risky strategic premise in South Asia is that any military confrontation between India...
We like to believe that human conflict is mostly a problem of communication. If we...
The most consequential feature of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement(Opens in new window) is not its...
The most dangerous decision in the next major war may not be made by a...
South Asia has always been a region of profound asymmetry. India occupies nearly three-quarters of...
Within a few days of the much-publicized US-Iran Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) having expired, President Donald Trump...
A week after the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement bound Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye to...
Simply put, Sheikh Hasina’s announcement that she will be coming back to Bangladesh in December...
There was Polybius, writing in the age of the Roman Republic between 200 and 118...
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India’s Census 2027 will be more than an exercise in counting people. For the first...
The deaths of nine ship-recycling workers at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda on...
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has re-emerged as the primary geographic theatre of twenty-first-century maritime...
India’s Constitution defines India as a secular democracy based on principles of equality, religious liberty...
Recently, we saw large-scale violence targeting the Syrian Druze community in Sweida province in southern...
Recently, we saw large-scale violence targeting the Syrian Druze community in Sweida province in southern...
When Kathmandu’s skyline turned red with fire on the evening of September 10, 2025, few...
In September 2024, addressing a jubilant rally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, Indian Prime...
Retaliating to India’s coercive measures following the massacre of 26 tourists in Pahalgam, Kashmir, responsibility...
Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus has repeatedly emphasized the importance of regional cooperation for the...
Unraveling a Shared Heritage India and Bangladesh, once interwoven by the rich strands of history,...
China sees South Asia as its immediate neighborhood and a zone of influence. The rise...
The recent overhaul of India’s Waqf governance laws marks a turning point in the country’s...
India’s linguistic diversity is one of its defining characteristics, yet the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s...
A New Dawn in Connectivity Starlink—the game-changing satellite internet constellation introduced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX—ushers...
Since its independence, Bangladesh has lacked genuine leadership—except during the tenure of Shahid Zia. He...
Since the 1980s, there has been a consistent, rapid rise in the number of billionaires....
A significant political transformation from monarchy to democratic setup has been considered as one of...
Politicians Speak from Hell We, the People of human conscience, appear incapable or unprepared not...
The civic authorities in Nagpur demolished the two-storey house belonging to Fahim Khan, the...
In an age marked by growing inequality, accelerating climate collapse, and rising social isolation, the...
“The paradox of development is that while economic growth lifts many out of poverty, it...
The security arrangement of the West Asian region had been predicated on the basis that...
Within a few days of the much-publicized US-Iran Memorandum-of-Understanding (MoU) having expired, President Donald Trump...
For more than three decades, the United States has treated Middle Eastern diplomacy as an...
On August 7, 2026, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan entered into a tripartite defense pact...
Saudi Arabia’s hastily assembled 14-nation maritime- defense coalition is about more than a crisis reaction...
Nearly half of the world's heavy rare earths come from mines in Myanmar's Kachin State,...
Nearly nine years after the Myanmar military launched its 2017 “clearance operations” against the Rohingya,...
More than 500 people, most of them Rohingya refugees, are feared dead after two overcrowded...
The United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports...
Bangladesh plans to build a border fence along its 270-kilometer border with Myanmar. Dhaka officials...
Bangladesh is pursuing partnerships with Turkey and China as it works to build a domestic...
The most consequential feature of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement(Opens in new window) is not its...
A week after the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement bound Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye to...
India’s Census 2027 will be more than an exercise in counting people. For the first...
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