Three Signals, One Direction: How India’s Ceasefire Proposal Became the Broadest of Four
In the space of a month, three public statements moved India’s position in the Russia-Ukraine war. On 3 September, in Kyiv, External Affairs Minister S….
Why India’s Market Ignores Its Economy: 26 Years of Data
India is the world’s fastest-growing major economy, and its stock market has just closed its longest losing run in a quarter of a century. Set…
Three US Carrier Strike Groups in the Middle East — and the Missile Gap Behind Them
Key Takeaways Three US carrier strike groups are set to overlap in the Middle East by late November 2026 — the USS Theodore Roosevelt joining…
Flydubai FZ1073: The Threat Was Already in the Cockpit
Key Takeaways Flydubai flight FZ1073, a Boeing 737 Max 8 flying Dubai–Tel Aviv on 30 September 2026, was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the…
Strait of Hormuz Reopening and Trump’s Strike Threat
Key Takeaways Crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz have returned to prewar levels — a seven-day average of 13.5 million barrels a day as…
Hormuz Ship-to-Ship Transfers: The Gulf’s Oil Workaround
Key Takeaways More than 70 percent of the crude that crossed the Strait of Hormuz in August changed tankers offshore, in ship-to-ship transfers protected by…
Strategic Analysis
US-Iran War 2026 Explained: What It Changed and Who Won
In late February 2026, the United States and Israel launched an air campaign on Iran that killed its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, on the first…
| Opinion
Australia’s UN Ambition Meets the New Nuclear Reality
Albanese wants Australia to amplify the voices of Pacific Island countries. But from Europe and the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific, the strategic environment is…
Pacific Command and the future of US strategy across two oceans
What the 2026 National Defence Strategy means for Australia India and New Zealand Washington has restored the name “Pacific Command.” What it has not restored…
India Jet Engine Development: The Kaveri Saga, 5th-Gen AMCA, and Supply Chains
By Amandus Singh & Shuvadeep Banerjee Chaudhuri In the broader calculus of national power, India jet engine development represents the ultimate acid test of strategic…
Hypersonic Weapons Verification: Why Arms Control Can’t Keep Pace
Cold War arms control survived because rivals could verify each other’s restraint. Hypersonic weapons are quietly dismantling that verification architecture — and no one has…
| Indo Pacific
Rajnath Singh’s Strategic Autonomy Pledge Echoes Modi at SCO
Defence · Geopolitics The Eastern Strategist · 27 September 2026 · By Abhishek Kumar Defence ministers rarely need to clarify that their country isn’t planning…
| Maritime Geopolitics
Strait of Hormuz Reopening and Trump’s Strike Threat
Key Takeaways Crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz have returned to prewar levels — a seven-day average of 13.5 million barrels a day as…
Middle East Watch
US-Iran War 2026 Explained: What It Changed and Who Won
In late February 2026, the United States and Israel launched an air…
