When technology empowers the state, who protects the citizen?
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026) A camera can record a crime, an app can register a grievance and a digital campaign can shape public opinion. But who ensures t…
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Infantry Day: Queen of battle has gone digital, and the soldier must keep pace
Illustration for representation. (Copyright India Sentinels – © 2026-27)Every October 27, the Army pauses to remember the morning in 1947 when a handful of soldiers stepped off aircraft…
Why India must reform the BSF for a changing border battlefield
Border Security Force soldiers firing a mortar somewhere in the western front. (Photo for representation via X/@BSF_Rajasthan)The Border Security Force guards half of India’s land front…
USSR’s Khrushchev blamed China for India border crisis in 1959
Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh at a banquet in Beijing dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, 1959. (PC: X/@PicturesUssr)China’s leaders tol…
India’s energy security problem is bigger than oil
Representational imageAt first glance, India's energy strategy looks like a diversification success story. But the geopolitical turmoil of 2026 has exposed a deeper flaw in that story: …
Operation Polo: Mewar Infantry’s last battle
Mewar Infantry battle honours flag. (Photo: Jai Samota)After centuries of fighting in the north and the west, Mewar was called out once more – this time to the south. Having fought Arab…
Supreme Court Nudge: Implement judgment on CAPF cadre officers
The Supreme Court of India. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)Officers of the central armed police forces (CAPFs) are trained and conditioned for combat, unlike Indian Police Service (IPS) offi…
Syria’s new fault line: Israel, Türkiye and the emerging regional security order
India Sentinels Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026-27)Israel’s August 18 airstrikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria have pushed an alrea…
CAPFs need government empathy, not institutional apathy
India Sentinels illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)India asks its central armed police forces (CAPFs) to hold difficult borders, confront internal-security chal…
Why Pakistan’s latest military moves don’t appear normal
India Sentinels illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels)A series of significant administrative, military and diplomatic developments in Pakistan has created an unmistakable …
US, Brazil and Israel: How the 2026 election could reshape Latin America
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)Latin America is in the middle of another political turn, with conservative leaders gaining ground after the leftward momentu…
Brazil-Argentina rift signals new polarization phase in South America
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2026–27)When writing about political ideologies in South America, it is tempting to interpret developments through the familiar cycle…