In a significant diplomatic development, India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with the interim Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Amir Khan Muttaqi, on May 15. Coming on the heels of Operation Sindoor – India’s retaliatory strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack – the EAM reiterated […]

A strong opposition to Türkiye in India over the last several weeks has caught the eye of many in the region and abroad. According to reports, Türkiye supporting Pakistan in the last India-Pakistan conflict triggered a number of actions, including stopping business trade, issuing warnings for tourists, and launching joint political steps. There is more at stake than diplomatic friction. […]

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has redefined the dynamics of bilateral relations with Pakistan. In this, he has unveiled a strategic framework for his approach to countering terrorism coming from the Pakistani deep state, including the Army and the spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). The new strategy is anchored in three vectors: political, military, and psychological[1]. Each of these […]

On May 10, India and Pakistan agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire following the Pahalgam terror attack in India and consequent military escalation from both sides. India’s Operation Sindoor, a retaliatory measure against cross-border terror groups following the terror attack, indicates the swiftly altered nature of New Delhi’s response: a nuanced, calibrated, and multi-dimensional punitive response to the state-sponsored terrorism. The […]

On May 10, 2025, the Special Task Force (STF) arrested an operative of the transborder Islamist group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Abbas Uddin Mollah, from Pathra village in the Diamond Harbour of South 24-Parganas District in West Bengal. On May 9, 2025, the STF arrested two JMB operatives, Ajmol Hossain (28) and Saheb Ali Khan (28), from Birbhum District, […]

On 7 May 2025, exercising its “right to respond”, Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor, under which they carried out precision strikes to destroy a network of terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. [1] The operation was undertaken in the wake of a terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 tourists were murdered in cold blood. Defence Minister Rajnath […]

The ceasefire declared on May 10, 2025, between India and Pakistan represents a momentous yet tenuous lull in a protracted and volatile bilateral conflict that has defined South Asian geopolitics for decades. Orchestrated largely through behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts by the United States, Russia, and many more states this fragile accord emerges in the aftermath of a grave provocation: a devastating […]

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 […]

Children in India and Pakistan are not taught to fear monsters or the devil but their own neighbor. ‘The enemy’ they are told. An image carefully crafted from narratives of history they have not lived and the hate they have not felt. A Societal curriculum injected in the minds of commoners in India and Pakistan sets the stage for war […]