SECURITY AND TERRORISM

Europe cannot remember October 7 only once a year

Europe cannot remember October 7 only once a year

Three years after October 7, Europe knows what to say. It remembers the dead, condemns Hamas and promises to confront…

Pakistan’s Cross Border Terrorism Strategy Becomes India’s Burden and Cost

Pakistan’s Cross Border Terrorism Strategy Becomes India’s Burden and Cost

Terrorism has become one of the most corrosive burdens India has had to bear, not only in the lives lost…

Europe’s Terror Threat Has Not Gone Away

Europe’s Terror Threat Has Not Gone Away

Europe has not witnessed a major coordinated terrorist attack so far this August, but that should not be confused with…

CHINA

The Warning Tibet Ignored: Gyalo Thondup and China’s Takeover

The Warning Tibet Ignored: Gyalo Thondup and China’s Takeover

History often turns on moments when warnings are dismissed. In 1952, Gyalo Thondup – brother of His Holiness the Dalai…

Xi Jinping's Washington Visit Looked Less Like a Breakthrough Than a Courtesy Call

Xi Jinping’s Washington Visit Looked Less Like a Breakthrough Than a Courtesy Call

When Chinese President Xi Jinping boarded his plane home from Washington last week, he carried himself with the air of…

MIDDLE EAST

Israeli journalist receives 2026 PEC Award 

Israeli journalist receives 2026 PEC Award 

Geneva, 17 September 2026: The 2026 Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) Award was presented to Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, a member…

Israel’s West Bank Gamble Is Costing It Europe

Israel’s West Bank Gamble Is Costing It Europe

The joint condemnation by Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands and Norway of Israel’s decision to proceed with the…

China’s Likely Reaction to the End of the U.S.–Iran War

China’s Likely Reaction to the End of the U.S. – Iran War

The conclusion of a U.S.–Iran war would reverberate across Asia, and China’s response would be shaped by its strategic calculus…

AFRICA

Dr Jaishankar's Visit and the Making of the India-Ethiopia Strategic Partnership

Dr Jaishankar’s Visit and the Making of the India-Ethiopia Strategic Partnership

Dr. S. Jaishankar’s arrival in Addis Ababa on 8 October 2026 brought India’s three-nation African diplomatic outreach to a destination…

India - Ghana Convergence: From Non-Alignment to BRICS

India – Ghana Convergence: From Non-Alignment to BRICS

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar arrived in Accra on 6 October 2026 for a two-day official visit, his first…

ASIA

Pakistan’s War on Artistic Expression: From Stage Bans to Silenced Poets

Pakistan’s War on Artistic Expression: From Stage Bans to Silenced Poets

 As actresses face restrictions over dance performances and poets and journalists confront detention and threats, growing concerns over freedom of…

India’s Enduring Gift: Sixty‑Seven Years of Aid to Tibetan Refugees

India’s Enduring Gift: Sixty‑Seven Years of Aid to Tibetan Refugees

Exile is sustained not only by resilience but by the compassion of nations willing to shoulder the burdens of the…

The crisis for PCI started when some national journo-bodies (including Indian Journalists Union and All India Working News Cameramen’s Association) legally opposed a change in the PCI rules

India: Waiting for an inclusive-effective PCI

As the Union government of India has nominated 13 media professionals to fill up the space in its statutory &…

SECURITY AND TERRORISM

Europe cannot remember October 7 only once a year

Three years after October 7, Europe knows what to say. It remembers the dead, condemns Hamas and promises to confront…

Pakistan’s Cross Border Terrorism Strategy Becomes India’s Burden and Cost

Terrorism has become one of the most corrosive burdens India has had to bear, not only in the lives lost…

Europe’s Terror Threat Has Not Gone Away

Europe has not witnessed a major coordinated terrorist attack so far this August, but that should not be confused with…