As media attention surrounding the commissioning of China’s super-carrier Fujian began to wane, a new set of satellite images from the Dalian shipyard in Liaoning province reignited debates among naval analysts about the propulsion system of China’s next carrier, widely referred to as the Type 004. The imagery highlights a heavily reinforced, cylindrical structure embedded deep within an expanding section of the hull—design features strikingly similar to the reactor containm

In the long arc of post-colonial global politics, awards that are ostensibly created to “promote peace” often become political instruments that shape international narratives, influence domestic debates, and manufacture legitimacy for ideological networks that transcend national borders, and the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize stands as one such mechanism whose framing, recipients, and geopolitical linkages increasingly demand a more rigorous national-interest-oriented scrutiny. Th

Bangladesh’s political reconfiguration after Sheikh Hasina’s departure in 2024 did not merely shift power; it opened a vacuum in a nation where power vacuums are rarely neutral. When Mohammad Yunus assumed the role of Chief Advisor and promised an election in 2026, many observers thought Bangladesh would enter a predictable, technocratic transition. But the country’s political ecosystem, shaped by decades of ideological contestation and unfinished historical wounds, had alrea

In recent years, both China and Japan have generated an impressive volume of research on the Ryukyu issue, transforming what was once a marginal academic subject into a strategically sensitive field with global implications. The Ryukyu archipelago, historically situated at the crossroads of East Asian maritime networks, has re-emerged as a critical lens for understanding shifting geopolitical structures, identity politics, and the evolution of regional order in the Indo-Pacif

The attempted assassination of Haibatullah Akhundzada on November 10, 2025, unfolded as one of the most significant internal ruptures within the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since its return to power. At exactly 17:13 local time inside the Kandahar Central Jihadi Madrasa—the administrative seat of the Taliban’s nationwide madrasa network—an attack emerged from a direction long considered the least likely: from within the Taliban’s own counter-intelligence structure. The att

For centuries, North India has witnessed invasions, land wars, and large-scale civilizational contests―from Panipat to Plassey to 1947, 1965, 1971 and the Kargil conflict of 1999. But today’s strategic reality presents a stark paradigm shift: India’s next major confrontation will not unfold on land, but across the vast maritime expanse that surrounds the Indian peninsula. For the first time in modern history, India’s southern flank―traditionally secure, uncontested, and prote

पूरी दुनिया आज एक ऐसी चुनौती से गुजर रही है जिसकी जड़ें मानवीयता के पवित्र मूल्यों में छिपी हैं, लेकिन परिणाम एक राष्ट्र की स्थिरता को अंदर से हिला देने वाले हैं। यह चुनौती है— अवैध शरणार्थियों और अनियंत्रित माइग्रेशन की। विश्व के कई देशों की तरह ब्रिटेन भी इस संकट से जूझ रहा है। हाल ही में ब्रिटेन की होम सेक्रेटरी शबाना महमूद ने जिस साफ-साफ शब्दों में इसे “राष्ट्रीय विभाजन की जड़” बताया, उससे यह स्पष्ट हो गया कि समस्या केवल संख्या की नहीं, बल्कि राष्ट्र की सामाजिक, सांस्कृ

“Europe speaks of sustainability but practices regulatory unilateralism; India, a civilisation anchored in ecological balance, is forced to prove what its traditions never violated.” The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), scheduled for full enforcement in December 2025, represents one of the most far-reaching environmental trade regulations introduced by any major economic bloc in the 21st century. Although framed as a climate-driven instrument to curb global d

A New Cold War Reborn: India in the Age of Transactional Empires “India’s strength is not in coercion but in continuity—the civilisational memory of a state that has outlived empires which once claimed to shape its destiny.” The geopolitical theatre of 2025 resembles not a new era but the resurrection of an old pattern , where great powers once again search for pliable client states to fight their peripheral battles. What has changed is not Washington’s grand strategy but its

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