Combative Pawar may become kingmaker

In perhaps one of the most confusing...

Child protection: The Just Right for Children Alliance case

The Supreme Court of India’s recent ruling...

Ajay Singh

President Trump and the wars

Trump’s promise to end all wars may not materialise. But at least the ongoing wars could show some signs of conclusion. NEW DELHI: When Donald...

A four-and-a-half-front war for Israel

With the US pre-occupation with elections and till the time a new President occupies the White House in January 2025, Israel has a window. Israel...

Is Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk a gamble or a game-changer?

PUNE: The Russians were taken by surprise, as their initial disjointed actions reveal. Over 120,000 civilians were evacuated and an emergency declared in Kursk and...

Two capitals, two killings

PUNE: Even if Hamas is now leaderless and broken, and Gaza has been reduced to ruin, the war is now entering a dangerous new phase. THREE...

India-Russia: The balance of power

Even as India tries to move away from Russian dependence and move towards the more advanced platforms of the West, over 60% of its...

Israel’s northern front heats up

PUNE: Plans for the impending Israeli offensive into Lebanon have already been formalised and approved, and all it needs is the signal to launch. Yet,...

Israel is at war, once again

A lot depends on the Israeli response. Their immediate aim would be to get retribution and they will target Hamas and its leadership, including...

The scenarios for Pakistan

Although Imran’s challenge offers the first real opportunity for a truly civilian dominated government and free democracy, it seems to have run its course....

What now for Pakistan?

There are dangers of a rift within the Army itself, with many younger officers actually supporting Imran’s ideology. Perhaps that is one of the...

A year later, a war without end

Will the US and the West want peace? Of course not. They are happy to fight Russia till the last Ukrainian, and weaken it...

Ukraine war: Time to give peace a chance

It has been a white Christmas in the frontlines. The snow has fallen on the Russian-Ukrainian lines, but the guns still roar and missiles...

The toothless bite of sanctions

For the US and its allies, sanctions seem to be the weapon of choice—especially when they are unable to bomb the offending country. When Russia...

World War III: The Armageddon scenario

There is an eerie commonality of the war in Ukraine and the events of Second World War, especially the chain of events that led...

Scenarios in which the Ukraine war could end

One scenarios is that the war becomes an interminable frozen conflict, with neither side being able to change the status quo. Almost a year of...

Ukrainian counter offensive is another shift in the war

The war is unlikely to end with this offensive, but it has placed Ukraine in a stronger position. It has exposed Russian vulnerabilities and...

After the floods: Will Pakistan go under?

Many of Pakistan’s problems are due to their hostile relationship with India, a fact which is increasingly emerging in Pakistani media and was even...

Russia-Ukraine: Uncapping the nuclear genie

Will the world go back to the days of an imminent nuclear holocaust, that seemed so likely in the 1960s and 1970s? Maybe not,...

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