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Aug 26, 2026, 8:24 PM

India’s Route to Europe Runs Through Israel

Chat GPT generated sketch of an original picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, in 2026. Credit: Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO. New image available for commercial and non-commercial use.

Could a rail line, a port and a network of cables do what years of diplomacy have failed to accomplish—bind India, the Gulf, Israel, and Europe into a common strategic interest? The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, was conceived...

Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 26, 2026, 12:17 PM

Why Bangladesh’s BNP May Have to Join the Makkah Pact to Survive

The BNP government faces a difficult choice over the Makkah Defence Pact, balancing domestic political pressure, India’s security concerns, Israel’s interest, and the long-standing militarization of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Created by the author for editorial purposes.

Bangladesh has been invited to join the Makkah Defence Pact formed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Dhaka has not accepted yet, but the BNP government says it is considering the invitation positively. For Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, this may...

Purna Lal Chakma

Aug 23, 2026, 11:03 AM

Could Bangladesh Joining the Makkah Pact Deepen Its Crisis With India?

A strategic map showing Bangladesh’s position beside India and its possible defence links with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey under the Makkah Pact. Created by the author for editorial purposes.

The Bangladesh Makkah Pact debate is becoming much more than a story about a new defence agreement. Bangladesh has not joined the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey, but senior officials in Dhaka have publicly...

Aparajita Acharya

Aug 22, 2026, 5:18 PM

Iran Gets More Room in BRICS. Should Israel Worry?

The BRICS meeting in Jaipur on August 12 saw Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati push for Iran's entry into the New Development Bank, greater use of national currencies and closer payment-system links among members. The NDB is nowhere...

Aparajita Acharya

Aug 19, 2026, 9:52 PM

Can You Put a Number on Strategic Affinity?

PM arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Israel on February 25, 2026.

India and Israel have built an unusually resilient partnership. Its durability may depend on something conventional strategic models struggle to measure. Strategic partnerships are usually explained in the language of interests. States cooperate because they need something from one another:...

Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM

Israel Will Price Riyadh’s Exit From the Dependence It Bought in Ankara and Islamabad

Riyadh bought protection from Ankara and Islamabad and imported their vetoes into its own security core. Neither will fight Saudi Arabia’s war with Iran; both need Tehran intact, while Turkey shields Hamas and profits when IMEC stalls. Jerusalem will...

Aug 16, 2026, 6:02 PM

The Mecca Pact and India’s Third Front

Conceptual illustration: Three interlocking metallic arches looming over the Indian subcontinent symbolize the new trilateral defense compact between Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia, reflecting the emergence of a strategic 'third front' and the shifting geopolitical realities on New Delhi's western flank. Image: AI-generated (free for commercial use).

A new defense compact linking Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia may never place another army on India’s border. Its real power lies in the weapons, intelligence, and diplomatic pressure it could bring to Pakistan’s side during the next crisis. Twenty-four...

Suraj Rajan Kadanthodu

Aug 4, 2026, 10:07 AM

Israel as the ‘Gold Standard’? Bollywood’s New Imagination of Counter-Terrorism.

In recent years, Bollywood has undergone a quiet but significant shift. The larger-than-life romances and family dramas that once defined mainstream Hindi cinema now share space with a growing genre of military and espionage thrillers. These films are not...

Aug 4, 2026, 7:34 AM

The Petrodollar Loses Ground in New Delhi

The crisis in West Asia forces a major financial shift. Attacks in the Red Sea disrupt global shipping routes. India buys massive amounts of oil from the Gulf to keep its economy running, and buyers rely on the US...

Aug 2, 2026, 9:41 AM

The Strategic Case for an India-Israel Industrial Partnership

India-Israel Beyond Defense - Realising the Next Phase of Strategic Partnership. An AI Illustration.

The India-Israel relationship is conventionally narrated through defense sales, intelligence sharing, and agricultural technology transfer. This framing, while accurate, is incomplete. It obscures a more consequential possibility: that the two countries’ most durable strategic convergence may lie in co-developing...

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