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• Muslim Representation, Identity Politics, and the Structural Limits of Indian Democracy
  January 20, 2026
  India has decisively entered a phase of problematic communal politics that is steadily limiting its rational and intellectual foundations. The consequences are visible not only in electoral outcomes but also in the
• Eight Soldiers Injured as Counterterror Operation Sparks Gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir – What Army Said About Operation Trashi-I
  January 20, 2026
  Eight soldiers from the Indian Army were injured during an extended gunfight with suspected militants in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter began during a search operation by the Army and Jammu and
• India confirms Taliban-appointed diplomat begins role in New Delhi
  January 19, 2026
  India’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that the Taliban-appointed diplomat has assumed duties as chargé d’affaires at Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi. Foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the
• The Saudi-Pakistan defense pact highlights the Gulf’s evolving strategic calculus
  January 19, 2026
  For Saudi Arabia, the surprise mutual defense pact signed last week with Pakistan during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Riyadh is a double deterrence tool. The Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA)
• Turkey’s Dangerous Defense Pivot
  January 19, 2026
  Is the new Turkish-Saudi-Pakistani defense pact an attempt at an Islamic NATO or a strategic self-sabotage? The idea of a budding “Islamic NATO” under Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia might seem bold and fresh in
• China’s latest naval moves in the Western Hemisphere put Brazil in the diplomatic spotlight
  January 19, 2026
  Brazil’s decision to allow a Chinese military hospital ship to dock in Rio de Janeiro could provide a case study of how Beijing is expanding its naval presence in the Western Hemisphere. It also demonstrates how
• Pakistan PM says Islamabad has evidence of Taliban links to TTP
  January 19, 2026
  Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that Islamabad has “complete evidence” of close ties between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “There is a
• Pakistan, Egypt discuss bilateral defense cooperation, regional security
  January 19, 2026
  Visiting Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir meets with Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Maged Saqar and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ahmed Khalifa Fatehi Pakistan and Egypt on Thursday discussed bilateral
• The Saudi-Pak Mutual Defense Pact Is Mostly Symbolic For Soft Power’s Sake
  January 19, 2026
  Both want to “save face” after Israel’s attack on Qatar and remind fellow Muslims about the importance of more intra-Ummah military-technical cooperation, not set the stage for an Israeli-Pakistani nuclear
• Islamic Nato in making? How Turkish arms, Saudi cash and Pakistan nukes could align — all about the defence pact
  January 19, 2026
  Islamic Nato in the making? Turkey is seeking to join a defence alliance between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, this can be seen as an effort in direction to reshape security alignments in the Middle East