Protesters tweet and TikTok but New Delhi shows stubbornness
With the world’s cheapest data, young Indians have lapped up Facebook, TikTok and WhatsApp. But when these toys are used as tools to organise protests or fuel unrest, the government…
New political party vows to clean up Delhi government
Wearing white caps and armed with brooms, volunteers of India's fledgling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), or the common man's party, are out in strength across the Indian capital. The broom…
New Gulf order
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed the landmark Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) that could reshape Middle Eastern security. The pact elevates decades of cooperation into a formal military alliance:…
Rekindling hope for a new bloc
The recent rapprochement between India and China has sparked a debate about the emergence of a new political bloc that could challenge the hegemony of the US. It appears that…
About electing a new people
BIHAR is India’s rare Hindi-speaking state where the BJP has not won a majority on its own. The land is where Buddha attained Enlightenment and preached the message of harmony…
Revival of SAARC: new regional order
With the paralysis of The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) since 2016, South Asia’s dream of economic and political integration has remained frozen. But today, a new dynamic is emerging—one…
New realities of power in global politics
Recent geopolitical flashpoints — the four-day military engagement between India and Pakistan and the 12-day war between Iran and Israel—have unveiled two compelling realities. First, despite the shifting tides of…
Modi’s new abnormal: Part – II
India’s strategy ignores the costs of provocation in a landscape already scarred by extremism. It also ignores the fact that Pakistan’s counterterror operations have evolved significantly since the era of…
Modi’s new abnormal: Part – I
The 87-hour war between India and Pakistan in May 2025 has largely been seen through the spectrum of conventional war, a new water contingency, deterrence dynamics and the prospect of…
Modi’s new avatar?
Who would have guessed that well into his third term, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch a charm offensive toward India's poverty-stricken Muslims? Well, it has begun as 32,000…
