The Middle East’s New Security Architecture: Alliances Without an Anchor
The Middle East is entering a period of strategic improvisation. Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan have created a mutual-defence pact; Qatar, Türkiye, Pakistan, and...
The Middle East After America’s Guarantee: Hedging, Alliances and Uncertain Deterrence
The Middle East is not becoming post-American. It is becoming post-guaranteed. The United States remains the region’s indispensable military anchor, but its security commitments...
The Price of Power: How Global Upheaval Is Pushing India Toward Strategic Balance
The winds of change sweeping across the globe are no longer confined to distant battlefields or diplomatic communiqués. They are being felt in kitchen...
When the Weapon Fails: Why the Man Behind It Decides War
War is often framed as a contest of inventories: tanks, aircraft, missiles, satellites, defence budgets and alliance guarantees. Yet history repeatedly shows that the...
The Great Unravelling: Tehran’s Table, Washington’s Retreat, and India’s Energy Diplomacy
The closing months of 2026 are revealing a world in transition: not a sudden collapse of the old order, but a visible loosening of...