External Publications

Originally published : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/gwadar-port-cpec-dark-side-lax-checks-narcotics-concern-smuggling-fears-alert-articleshow-gc1340n China hails the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor as “clean” development, with Gwadar showcased as the flagship gateway. But the...

Originally published : https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/bangladesh-chaos-can-india-really-extradite-sheikh-hasina-charged-with-death-penalty-9662028 Here's a sticky one. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh, originally set up to investigate...

Originally published: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/framing-xinjiang-when-propaganda-becomes-the-destination-articleshow-duk0ig2 The sun climbs over Kashgar’s old city, gilding its restored facades and winding lanes. Influencers adjust their...

Originally published : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/the-algorithm-that-erases-you-how-china-perfected-real-time-censorship-articleshow-tat3ch0 In the digital era, censorship is no longer a deliberate act of deletion followed by notification;...

Originally published at : https://www.eurasiareview.com/14112025-songs-language-and-quiet-memory-how-uyghur-culture-survives-beijings-erasure-campaign-oped/ The most enduring expressions of Uyghur identity today do not come from public squares in...

Originally published at : https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/as-terror-rears-its-head-again-in-india-9628211 With a car bomb in Islamabad following hot on the heels of the Delhi car...

Originally published at : https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/connecting-the-dots-in-the-red-fort-car-blast-101763048634309.html Even as the media debated the ins and outs of the car blast at the...

originally Published at: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/india/nyoma-airbase-lac-what-it-means-for-india-vs-china-military-analysis-articleshow-78b7wz2 For much of the past decade, the India–China frontier in eastern Ladakh has been defined by...

Originally published https://www.eurasiareview.com/10112025-how-east-turkistans-spirit-endures-beijings-attempted-erasure-oped/ Ninety-six years after the first East Turkistan Republic declared independence, its spirit endures — not in territory,...

Originally published at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/trumps-nuclear-bombshell-a-wake-up-call-for-indias-security-calculus-13948462.html While it is true that US President Donald Trump’s statements tend to be exaggerated or even...

Originally published at : https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-lady-killers-of-jaish-9555793 Why does Masood Azhar want to build an army of women suicide bombers? For both...

Originally published at : https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/russias-burevestnik-missile-test-how-europe-is-sleepwalking-toward-a-nuclear-crisis-13946383.html Russia’s recent test of the Burevestnik missile marks a dangerous escalation in global nuclear competition,...

Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/26102025-accountability-by-design-reforming-indias-defence-procurement-for-strategic-credibility-analysis/ Delays and cost overruns in Indian defence procurement are not just bureaucratic inefficiencies. They are symptoms...

Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/24102025-single-point-orders-joint-fight-how-june-2025-reform-reshapes-indias-theatre-command-reality-analysis/ With the CDS now empowered to issue Joint Instructions and Orders, the June 2025 reform ends...

Originally published at : https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/pakistans-endgame-what-it-really-wants-from-its-war-with-afghanistan-9502028 The trouble is that war-making has become almost the norm these days, what with the...

This article was originally published at Firstpost: https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/beaten-in-op-sindoor-jem-forms-womens-brigade-to-target-india-13943148.html When the dust settled over Bahawalpur after Operation Sindoor, what emerged was...

Originally published at : https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/pakistan-army-pasni-port-and-a-sell-out-to-america-101760804807953.html It makes little strategic and commercial sense for Washington to invest in a project in...

Orginally published at : https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/how-pakistan-is-using-its-gaza-protests-to-slide-out-of-a-deal-with-trump-9446097 The things Pakistan does can never cease to amaze. Even as it is being pressured...

originally published : https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/commanding-the-tactical-skies-the-imperative-for-surface-forces-to-control-the-battlespace-in-the-drone-era-154832/ New Delhi: The contemporary battlefield is no longer confined by the traditional triad of land, sea, and...

Originally published https://www.eurasiareview.com/06102025-chinas-occupation-of-tibet-is-not-just-illegal-its-an-environmental-and-security-catastrophe-in-the-making-oped/ As 7 October marks seventy-five years since China’s invasion of Tibet, the consequences of that act of...

Originally published : https://www.eurasiareview.com/05102025-inside-tibets-digital-prison-pla-and-police-merge-to-enforce-chinas-grip-analysis/ The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) controls Tibet through a combination of military force, comprehensive surveillance technology,...

Originally published : https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-saudi-pakistan-defence-pact-is-really-about-something-else-9390781 Recently, the strategic community was confronted with a strange kind of deterrence that was outside much...

originally published : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/theaterisation-why-indias-armed-forces-need-to-play-as-one-team/ The debate on theaterisation of armed forces is once again in the news, following Operation Sindoor,...

Originally published : https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/hong-kong-article-23-why-indian-trade-and-security-are-at-stake-articleshow-3acfno7 Beijing’s new Article 23 security law is more than an assault on Hong Kong’s civil liberties—it is...

This article was originally published at: https://www.eurasiareview.com/15092025-from-terrain-to-strategy-high-mobility-vehicles-at-the-core-of-indias-military-readiness-analysis/ When modern militaries talk of agility, they mean more than battlefield manoeuvres. Agility...