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Pak's 'Global Power' Act Is Fooling No One - Least Of All Its Gulf 'Creditors'
Foreign policy is not about short-term optics or daily narratives; it must be assessed over the long term. Pakistan's repeated attempts to project itself as a decisive global player must be seen in this context.
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Opinion | 155 Aircraft For One Man - And Other Mysteries About US' Iran Rescue Op
When has it ever been the case that you need to deploy 155 aircraft on a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Mission? Why were the two C-130s deployed when each has the capacity to carry up to 90 troops?
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Opinion | 'Holy' Orders? Why US Fighters Are Now Being Told Iran Is 'God's War'
Mahdi to Armaggedon to Amalek to Jesus, how religion has hijacked the US-Iran war.
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Blog | The Dantewada Massacre, And What India Needs To Do To Stay Maoist-Free
In 2010, I was Assistant Chief of the Air Staff controlling transport aircraft and helicopters, and on April 6 that year had to arrange An-32 aircraft to carry coffins of 75 CRPF jawans.
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Opinion | The Quiet 'Upheaval' Within US Military Over The Iran War
General Randy George's ouster carries echoes of Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sidelining General Eric Shinseki after disagreements over troop requirements for the Iraq war.
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Opinion | How Iran Has Pierced The One 'Shield' That Protected America For 30 Years
The downing of the American F-15E and two A-10 Thunderbolt II lay bare the vulnerability of non-stealth, low-altitude platforms operating in contested environments.
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Is Trump The President Who Lost Asia To China?
For at least a decade, developing countries across Asia and Africa have worried about growing dependent on China. They're concerned about debt traps, coercive policies, and hidden costs that might push their economies toward crisis. Crisis has come, and that logic has been turned on its head. After six weeks of the US and Israel's war on Iran an...
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Opinion | The Himanta Biswa Sarma Show: Forever No.2 To No.1
This is also Himanta Sharma's turn to show that he can deliver the magic number for the BJP. And he is following the BJP tried and tested playbook, hollowing out the Opposition.
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Opinion | Mudslinging Starts As AIADMK And DMK Use Karunanidhi In Campaign Rhetoric
Muthuvel Karunanidhi is back. Seven and a half years after he passed away, the former chief minister is now the subject of heated barbs between his son MK Stalin and his political rival, AIADMK supremo Edappadi Palaniswami.
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Opinion | From Colombo To Dhaka And Male, Pumps Are Running Dry And New Delhi Is Answering
The war in the Middle East has done in weeks what a decade of infrastructure diplomacy could not - it has made India's neighbours remember who answers the phone.
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Opinion | In Tamil Nadu, Vijay Attempts A Hostile Takeover Of AIADMK's Very Soul
It is increasingly clear that the message being driven home is that Vijay is the natural political successor to Anna and MGR.
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Opinion | 450 Missile, 2,000 Drone Attacks Later, Why Is UAE Still Not Fighting Iran?
The UAE is Iran's second-largest trading partner. But it is also the one Iran has attacked the most heavily since February 28. The reason goes beyond just today's conflict.
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In Numbers: How Has India Kept Fuel Prices Low Even As Europe Sees 70% Spikes?
India imports 88% of its crude. Why then is it not seeing massive price hikes for fuel and LPG?
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Opinion | India Just Decided To Let Chinese Capital In Again. But There's A Catch
In March 2026, India eased regulations that had restricted Chinese capital in local companies, in a development that marks New Delhi's cautious approach towards capital flows from Beijing.
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Opinion | Rs 30 Petrol Hike To Currency Crisis, What Oil At $150 Can Really Do To The World
In the Gulf today, the oil taps cannot simply be turned back on. This is the distinction from the 1971 that not many are talking about.
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In Data: How US-Iran War Changed After First 48 Hours? What Strike Patterns Reveal
Remove the first 48 hours from the data, and the war looks entirely different.
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Opinion | The Problem With Trump's Fantasy Of A 'Crippled' Iran
Even a relatively insulated US economy cannot entirely escape the ripple effects of sustained disruptions in one of the world's most critical energy corridors.
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Opinion | Trump's Iran War Is About To Become Someone Else's Problem Soon
Trump's decision to end the war without achieving any of his previously stated objectives will be viewed by many as a cut-and-run move. Some will interpret this as an admission of defeat.
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Opinion | Why 2 Gulf States Want Iran War To Continue - Even As They're Battered By It
If Trump withdraws from this war, the Saudis and other Gulf countries would be left to face the music, with an angrier, fiercer, and possibly more vengeful Iran.
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Opinion | Why A 'Defeat' Is Now Essential For The Disoriented Left In Kerala
The Left losing its last bastion is a dreadful thought to Communists in general, but many of them deem it a necessary setback, one that will help the party rid itself of its maladies.
