Strategic Analysis
Bangladesh’s Rafale Claim Is About Hasina, Not the Sky
Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry has tied Tarique Rahman’s India visit to Sheikh Hasina’s extradition. With that track closed by domestic pressure, Dhaka’s spokesperson reached for a…
| Opinion
Bangladesh’s Rafale Claim Is About Hasina, Not the Sky
Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry has tied Tarique Rahman’s India visit to Sheikh Hasina’s extradition. With that track closed by domestic pressure, Dhaka’s spokesperson reached for a…
Pacific Islands Forum 2026: China vs India in Palau
China, India and France compete for Pacific loyalties as the Forum meets in Palau — with the Cook Islands election and New Caledonia’s status as…
Project-77, AUKUS and the Quad: Complementary Pillars of Indo-Pacific Undersea Deterrence
Balaji Chandramohan and Natalie Treloar The strategic balance of the Indo-Pacific is increasingly being shaped beneath its oceans. Submarines, autonomous underwater vehicles, seabed sensors and…
Bays, Not Peninsulas: The Geography Reshaping India’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Importance of Bays and Peninsular in the Indo-Pacific Strategy| The Eastern Strategist As it is understood that the Indo-Pacific chessboard is larger and more complex…
| Indo Pacific
Three Nations Signed a Defence Pact in Mecca. Only One Brought Nuclear Weapons to the Table.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August 2026. Behind the NATO-style rhetoric lies an old, unresolved question —…
| Maritime Geopolitics
Mazagon Dock Project 75I: Why a Stock Sitting 32% Below Its Record Hasn’t Moved Yet
Defence & Markets The government has known for months that this deal is coming. So has the market. Neither has acted on it yet. Mazagon…
Middle East Watch
Saudi Arabia Spent 45 Years Building an Escape Route From Hormuz. Yemen Just Shut That Too.
In 1981, as tankers burned in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War,…
