Politics in South Asia rarely moves in straight lines. It moves in circles, sometimes spirals—alliances forming in the shadows, enemies turning into tactical partners, and yesterday’s rivals quietly discovering shared
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As tensions escalate in the Persian Gulf following US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory actions, India finds itself navigating a familiar yet increasingly complex geopolitical dilemma. The crisis has
The trajectory of Iran’s current military escalation against Gulf states reflects a profound strategic miscalculation-one that risks eroding Tehran’s diplomatic capital, widening regional fault lines and inviting consequences that may
The issue of manpower in Ukraine remains one of the regime’s most serious problems. Having already exhausted most of its military capabilities after four years of intense conflict, Ukraine is
In the early 2000s, the Indian Air Force (IAF) acquired the Su-30MKI, a heavily customized export version of the advanced Russian Su-30 (itself a modernized iteration of the legendary Su-27).