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• SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
  April 15, 2026
  Andhra Pradesh: Impending Maoist Collapse On March 30, 2026, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta declared that the state was free of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a day
• India’s Oil Security Strategy: Structural Vulnerabilities and Strategic Choices
  April 15, 2026
  This piece argues that the present Indian strategy, based on opportunistic diversification and utilization of limited strategic reserves, remains inadequate when confronting supply disruptions. It evaluates India’s
• China establishes new Xinjiang county near sensitive border region
  April 15, 2026
  The county will fall under the administration of Kashgar Prefecture, a historic hub that has long served as a gateway between China and Central and South Asia. China has created a new county in its far-western Xinjiang
• Urumqi convergence: Why China’s quiet mediation matters more than the meeting itself
  April 15, 2026
  The April 1 meeting in Urumqi between delegations from Pakistan and the Taliban did not produce a breakthrough, a communiqué, or even a photo op. Yet its significance lies precisely in that silence. In a region where
• Taliban appoint new health official after Amu exposé on corruption
  April 15, 2026
  Ali Ahmad Saifi has been appointed as the new head of the mass immunization department at the Taliban-run Ministry of Public Health, following an exposé by Amu TV that led to the dismissal of his predecessor, Abdul
• India, Israel, and the Crisis of Strategic Autonomy: From Non-Alignment to Alignment – At the Crossroads of Power and Principle
  April 15, 2026
  India’s foreign policy today stands at a moment of reckoning. What was once celebrated as a model of strategic autonomy—rooted in anti-colonial solidarity, non-alignment, and moral leadership—now faces intense
• Why do Kashmiris praise Pakistan’s diplomacy?
  April 15, 2026
  Most Kashmiris who had looked at Shahbaz Sharief with hatred until yesterday, on the charges of Imran Khan’s captivity and election theft, and had left with no love for Pakistan, were carrying the picture of the same
• US-Sanctioned, China-Linked Tanker Rich Starry Crosses Strait of Hormuz Amid US Blockade
  April 15, 2026
  A Chinese tanker sanctioned by the United States, Rich Starry, ​passed through the Strait of Hormuz on ‌Tuesday. The Rich Starry would be the first to ​make it through the Strait of Hormuz and to ​exit the Gulf
• ‘No other way’: Mideast prepares for more fighting as talks fail
  April 15, 2026
  Scores of civilians across the Middle East expressed anxiety and dread as peace talks between the US and Iran collapsed in Pakistan. A sense of dread spread across the Middle East after talks between the US and Iran
• Iran War, Oil Surge… But Gold Prices Drop: Why?
  April 14, 2026
  Gold fails to rally amid the West Asia war involving the US, Israel, and Iran as rising oil, yields, and dollar strength weigh on prices. Here’s what it means for investors. At the start of 2026, gold appeared