Abdul Basit

United States President Donald Trump insisted earlier in February that India had agreed to stop buying oil from Russia as part of a larger trade agreement. In return, Washington would …

THE United States has unveiled its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), a quadrennial report last published in 2022, which diverges significantly from Biden-era strategies, focusing more inwardly on border security …

India–Bangladesh relations have worsened since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wajid. The chief determinant of bilateral ties has long been whether the Awami League is in power in Dhaka, as …

The transcending avenues of the conflict between India and Pakistan have intensified in recent years, creating risks for regional and global stability.The hostility emanates from the division of the subcontinent …

Trump’s role in brokering peace is the legacy of his first Presidential era, 2017-2021, when he secured a peace deal with the Taliban that put an end to the eighteen-year-old …

ON the midnight of May 6-7, 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor against Pakistan by attacking non-combatants at multiple locations.Pakistan responded resolutely and proportionately, targeting Indian military assets at various sites. …

India’s strategy crisis is unfolding like a tangled web, where bold ambitions clash with glaring missteps. Mounting accusations of transnational aggression are marring India’s rise as a global power. A …

Countering terrorism was the main agenda of U.S. foreign policy after the attacks of 9/11. The war on terror lasted for almost 2 decades costing 8 trillion dollars USD while more than 900,000 …

On the night of February 26, 2019, India executed an airstrike targeting what it claimed was a Jaish-e-Mohammed base in Balakot, Northern Pakistan, in retaliation for the Pulwama attack, which …

In a world transitioning from uni-polarity to multi-polarity, geo-economics primacy is under stress. We now live in a world where multiple stakeholders are vying for prominence in their respective spheres. …