In this op-ed, Dr Aparaajita Pandey writes that Israel’s strike on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase exposes an emerging strategic rivalry with Türkiye and a wider shift towards a fragmented, multipolar Middle Eastern security order. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes about how the government's continued sidelining of CAPF cadre officers is eroding morale in forces that have repeatedly proven their worth in battle. Read More

In this op-ed, Col Manish Ojha (R) writes that Pakistan’s centralized military command, expanding foreign defence partnerships and reported military airlift activity warrant close scrutiny from India. Read More

Latin America is in the middle of another political turn, with conservative leaders gaining ground after the leftward momentum commonly described as the pink tide. Read More

In this op-ed, Dr Aparaajita Pandey writes that the Brazil-Argentina diplomatic rift reflects a deeper ideological polarization in South America, where domestic political divisions and competing geopolitical alignments are increasingly reshaping regional diplomacy. Read More

In this longread op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, argues that India's CAPSs need a professional, home-grown leadership model, contending that the present command structure undermines morale, operational effectiveness and, ultimately, national security. Read More

A democracy is not judged by how it behaves when all is calm. Its real character shows when citizens take to the streets to question those who govern them. Elections exist precisely to channel that friction into something orderly – to let grievances play out through representation instead of confrontation. Read More

In this op-ed, RC Sharma, veteran BSF commandant, argues that decades of treating India’s eastern border as “safe and normal” have allowed illegal immigration to become a genuine national security concern – and lays out what a serious, humane fix would look like. Read More

In this joint op-ed, Dr Aparaajita Pandey and Bhanavi Mathur write that empires once conquered through fashion as much as force, and that today’s states are reviving textile heritage as a deliberate instrument of geopolitical strategy. Read More

In this op-ed, Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee (R) argues that the UN panel’s findings on the killing of Palestinian children by Israel in Gaza point to genocide, and calls on New Delhi to reclaim India’s traditional voice on Palestine before history records its silence. Read More