Operation Sindoor marked a bold and meticulously executed military response by India to one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in recent years. Carried out between the night of May 6 and the early hours of May 10, 2025, the operation was launched in retaliation for the brutal massacre in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22. In that incident, heavily […]

China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar, has historically been a home for various insurgent factions advocating for autonomy or secession over many decades. In 2015, India expressed growing apprehension regarding escalating violence in the Northeast, particularly after the unsuccessful attempt to renew a ceasefire with the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K), predominantly based in Myanmar. On […]

Talk about mixed signals. At the beginning of May, a prominent critic of Emomali Rahmon’s government in Tajikistan, Sharofiddin Gadoev, gave an interview to the Afghan television channel TOLOnews tearing into the 72-year-old strongman. Days later, the Taliban’s chief spokesman issued a upbeat assessment of bilateral ties, praising the “positive relations” between Dushanbe and Kabul and pledging cooperation. The contrasting […]

The Technology and Security Initiative (TSI) ought to be more strategic, especially at a time of geopolitical displacement. This is an opportunity to fuse two deep technology ecosystems to co-produce and co-innovate solutions, products, and emerging technologies of the future.