Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey defence pact: Its text, subtext for India
Who is the Mecca Agreement primarily aimed at? What do Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey get out of it, and what does India need to watch out for? An Expert […]
Expert Explains | From Saudi to Kuwait, how US-Iran war is forcing Gulf states to rethink security strategies
Kuwait has ratified a 2023 defence pact with Pakistan, while Qatar has committed to deepening its security cooperation with Pakistan. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, will have to navigate renewed Houthi attacks […]
Is the consensus around Indo-Pacific changing? The divergence has been long time coming
India is being written out of core contingencies – Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Bracing for China Shock 2.0
As China’s export-led industrial model reshapes global trade, India must balance economic dependence, industrial growth, and national security without relying too much on either China or the US.
The Man With the Brush: How States Rewrite Their Own Past
And why the scepticism we bring to China’s history-writing has to be turned on our own
The Mecca Accord exposes Arab weakness
There is no escaping the essence of Suhrawardy’s arithmetic, that has outlived him, about Arab and Muslim solidarity: ‘Zero plus zero plus zero still amounts to zero’