India's highway network grew 61% and logistics costs halved. But contract awards are falling and 1,775 projects are Rs 3.4 lakh crore over budget.
Dhaka is deepening ties with Washington and Beijing at once. Where the strategic thresholds lie for India, China, and the US, and what would cross them.
China's envoy warned of consequences for Taiwan at the 2026 Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. How Beijing pressures the PIF, and how the Quad answers.
Canada’s defense spending surge targets 125,000 new jobs by 2035. Unmanned systems, not autos, may be the industry that replaces what tariffs took.
Afghanistan’s opium ban cut cultivation by 96%. Its effects on global narcotics markets, and on criminal revenues and profits, are far less certain.
As the border has grown increasingly unstable, Bangladesh now faces three worsening challenges involving the Arakan Army: ...
Thailand, Brazil and Colombia chose the Gripen over US fighters. The reason is not price or stealth, but who keeps a veto over the software.
Indonesia joined BRICS without publishing a roadmap. Without benchmarks, summit visibility risks substituting for the strategy that makes it pay.
When, a few months ago, I first argued that the idea of Canadian accession to the European Union was not a mere speculative exercise but rather a possibility coherent with the open structure of ...
India now builds 65% of its own military hardware, and is pressing Moscow for technology transfer rather than finished weapons. The leverage has shifted.
Norway's defence minister says NATO doesn't lose Russian submarines. NATO's own spokesman is more cautious. Two cut cables are still unattributed.