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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...

Jul 29, 2026, 12:54 PM

India’s Edge in the US-Israel Defense Shift

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi raise their arms upon Netanyahu’s arrival at Air Force Station Palam in New Delhi, India, January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Washington's latest defense legislation is less about military alliances than innovation ecosystems—and India is uniquely positioned to become the biggest long-term beneficiary if New Delhi moves decisively. America's latest defense legislation has attracted headlines suggesting that Washington and Jerusalem are...

Jul 25, 2026, 6:12 PM

Houthi Threat Bringing Saudi Arabia and UAE Closer, Will Israel and IMEC Benefit?

The renewed escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen, alongside growing tensions between the United States and Iran, may be reshaping relations between the Gulf's two most influential powers—Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In recent months,...

Roshni V. Dlomen

Jul 22, 2026, 8:37 PM

An Indian Catholic’s journey to Jewish discovery

Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue, Mumbai. December 2025.

It is said in the Rig Veda, the oldest Hindu sacred text, that Truth is One but the Wise speak of it by many names. For anyone who’s ever visited India, I’m sure you understand why that makes sense. India...

Mandar Pattekar

Jul 21, 2026, 8:43 PM

Mahabharata, Bene Israel, and Ethics of War

As a close friend waited for his flight at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, he noticed several Bene Israel families among the travelers and immediately texted me. Years earlier, I had told him about my Jewish neighbors while growing...

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