Will India’s ‘Hasina Gambit’ Fall Apart?

Simonetta Fornasiero   India’s decision to shelter Bangladesh’s ousted ruler Sheikh Hasina is increasingly looking less like a legal dilemma and more like a political liability. A month ago, when Hasina announced plans to return to Bangladesh in December, questions arose over whether she was acting out of personal considerations or pursuing a more sinister […]Continue Reading

Widespread Concern Over Police Brutality in Bengaluru

Allegations that thousands of migrant workers who speak Bengali are being unlawfully arrested, beaten, and forced to prove their citizenship have sparked a huge issue in Bengaluru. In a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on August 13, senior Congress politician and former Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury noted that Muslim Indian residents […]Continue Reading

Myanmar to take back 300,000 Rohingya

The military administration of Myanmar has said that it will allow the repatriation of 308,797 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and recognise them as previous inhabitants of Rakhine State. However, Naypyidaw has placed several strict standards on the start of this long-delayed repatriation process, chief among them being a significant improvement in Rakhine’s Continue Reading

Massive arms to Ukraine ‘disastrous’

Former President Joe Biden’s massive weaponry transfers to other countries have drawn harsh criticism from the White House, which has called the policy ‘tragic and disastrous’. During a press briefing, Press Secretary Ms. Karoline Leavitt stated, ‘It is deeply unfortunate and tragic that Joe Biden gave away vast amounts of American ammunition for Continue Reading

US Foreign Policy Standing on Falsehoods

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has sharply accused the United States administration of relying excessively on manufactured ‘falsehoods’ in its hostile Iran-focused foreign policy. On the social media site X, Mr. Baghaei publicly denounced Washington by posting a powerful literary quotation from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s famous novel The Continue Reading

India’s Youth Movement Demonstrates the Power of Harmony

India’s youth-led mass movement in July has not brought down Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP government, but it reportedly put considerable pressure on the ruling establishment. The protests, which began over alleged irregularities and question-paper leaks in the NEET-UG examinations, spread from New Delhi to Bihar, West Bengal, Mumbai, Punjab, Haryana and other parts Continue Reading

Prospects for a Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Defense Alliance

On August 7, 2026, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif signed the agreement on behalf of their respective countries.The agreement builds on the Strategic Mutual Defense Continue Reading
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