South Asia
Security competition, border crises, insurgency, and strategic posture across South Asia.
51 Dispatches
What If BRICS Became a Military Alliance?
A defense analysis of whether the BRICS bloc could become a NATO-style military alliance, its combined firepower, and why collective defense remains unlikely.
The India-Pakistan Crisis: Enduring Threats, Hard Lessons, and What the World Must Learn
Analysis of the May 2025 India-Pakistan military crisis, ceasefire, drone warfare tactics, and implications for nuclear-armed conflicts worldwide.
India-Pakistan Escalation Explained: Operation Sindoor, Aerial Battles, and the Risk of Full-Scale War
India launches Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. Aerial battles, artillery shelling, drone strikes escalate. Nuclear-armed nations trade fire across all
India’s Water Gambit: How the Indus Treaty Could Starve Pakistan
A terror attack on tourists in Kashmir has reignited the India‑Pakistan rivalry, sending both capitals into a rapid cycle of retaliation and military postu
China Faces Rising Transnational Terrorism Threat as Global Influence Expands
As China expands globally, it faces growing terrorism threats from Syria, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Analysis of Belt and Road vulnerabilities and extremis
India and Pakistan Stand on the Brink of War Following Kashmir Terror Attack
India and Pakistan escalate toward war after Kashmir terror attack kills 26. Nuclear tensions rise as treaties collapse and military assets mobilize.
Poland Wants to Go Nuclear: How a Single Sentence Signaled a New Age of Proliferation
Donald Tusk's nuclear remark to the Sejm, plus rising tension across Taiwan, Syria, and Pakistan's Balochistan, mark a more dangerous global moment.
Is Russia's Economy Starting to Crack? And More.
Situation Room 2.17.2025: Indian Airshow Spotlights Air Power Woes; Battles Continue in the Congo. Indian Airshow Spotlights Air Power Woes. Next up, we tr
Situation Room AMA: Rojava, Mozambique, the Afghan-Pakistan Flashpoint, and Why Europe Isn't a Superpower
A reader-driven survey of four under-covered fault lines — Kurdish-run Rojava, Mozambique's post-election revolt, the Afghan-Pakistani border war, and Europe's unrealized power.
Joe Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy: The Tarnished Record of America's 46th President
A region-by-region assessment of Joe Biden's foreign policy, from the Afghanistan withdrawal and Ukraine to the Middle East, China, Haiti, and Africa.
When Nepal Caught Fire: How a Social Media Ban Ignited a Gen Z Uprising
A localized Kathmandu protest swelled into a national reckoning that toppled Nepal's government, exposing decades of corruption and a generation's fury.
Abdul Qadeer Khan and the Global Nuclear Black Market
Discover how Abdul Qadeer Khan built a clandestine global network that supplied nuclear weapons technology to rogue states for nearly two decades.