St Petersburg oil terminal attack: impact on India’s Russian crude imports
India averaged about 1.8 million barrels a day of Russian seaborne crude this year, ahead of China at 1.2 million, according to Kpler data reported…
Iran Says a Supertanker Hit a Mine in Hormuz. India Cleared 12 Minesweepers and Has None Built
Indian Navy minesweepers are the missing piece in India’s answer to the mine claim now coming out of the Strait of Hormuz. On Saturday, Iran’s…
Trump Says Greenland Oil Exploration Is Set to Begin. The Signed Text Gives the US No Such Right
Greenland’s proven oil: zero. Venezuela’s oil: licensed through Washington, and India is already buying it.
Riyadh Airport Attack: Many Wounded in Blast Two Days After Strikes Killed Three
A blast at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on 10 October 2026 wounded many people and halted air traffic, two days after strikes killed…
Black Sea Drone Strike: Two Dead, Cause Still Unconfirmed
Romania has confirmed that a grain ship burned and sank in the Black Sea on 5 October, killing two of its crew. It has not…
Gulf of Kutch Oil Transfers: Oman’s Limit, India’s Risk
wo VLCCs have moved Gulf crude off Gujarat. Oman’s transfer zone now takes nearly 10 days per operation. The Kutch relay is small, but it…
Strategic Analysis
France’s debt and India’s 114 Rafale deal: who holds the leverage?
India’s proposed 114-jet Rafale order is worth about ₹3.25 lakh crore, roughly €30 billion at ₹108.4 to the euro, yet France’s public finances barely register…
| Opinion
India Su-30 MRO: What Malaysia and Vietnam Have Been Offered
India Su-30 MRO has moved from talk to stated policy this year, though not yet to a published contract. On 10 February 2026, Malaysia’s foreign…
Washington Tariffed India Over Russian Oil. Now It Licenses Russian Diesel.
The Russian diesel licence India must now read is the latest US waiver on Russian oil. Why New Delhi’s energy compass should stay at home.
The Sulphur Shock: How a Refinery Waste Product Broke the Fertiliser Chain, and What It Costs India
Sulphur shortage pushes India’s fertiliser subsidy toward ₹3 trillion
Australia’s UN Ambition Meets the New Nuclear Reality
Albanese wants Australia to amplify the voices of Pacific Island countries. But from Europe and the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific, the strategic environment is…
| Indo Pacific
IAF High Altitude Operations: How Leh Evacuations Work
The Ministry of Defence announced on 18 October 2026 that an Indian Air Force C-130J had flown a critically ill 30-year-old civilian from Leh to…
| Maritime Geopolitics
Additional Scorpene Submarines: No New Boat Before 2032
Defence Analysis · Indian Navy · The Eastern Strategist Two Submarine Orders Await Cabinet Nod, and Neither Boat Sails Before 2032 Additional Scorpene submarines and…
Middle East Watch
Iran Says a Supertanker Hit a Mine in Hormuz. India Cleared 12 Minesweepers and Has None Built
Indian Navy minesweepers are the missing piece in India’s answer to the…
