Military - Diplomacy & Politics (Page 2)

The Slow Siege

China has renamed 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh. India calls it cartographic aggression. The pattern — rename, claim, assert, repeat — is familiar from the South China Sea. Beijing does not need to fire a shot to advance its territorial position. It just needs to keep renaming.

By Sunny Peter

/ 15 Apr 2026

The Ceasefire That Wasn't

The ceasefire was three days old and both sides were already in breach of each other’s version of it. Iran alleged violations before a handshake. Israel said Lebanon was excluded. Pakistan said it was not. A ceasefire disputed before the parties meet is not a ceasefire.

By Sunny Peter

/ 9 Apr 2026

The War Pakistan Made

Khawaja Asif declared open war against the Taliban — the organisation Pakistan’s own intelligence services built, funded and protected for thirty years. Islamabad cannot bomb its way out of a problem it spent three decades constructing. What changed is not the enemy. The machine turned around.

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Apr 2026

Spain Shows Spine

France criticised and kept its bases open. Germany stayed quiet and offered Ramstein. Spain said what every European government privately believed: we are a sovereign country and will not participate in an illegal war. Consistency, in European foreign policy, is the rarest form of courage.

By Sunny Peter

/ 2 Apr 2026

When the Tyrant Has a Point

Kim Jong Un runs concentration camps and starves his people. He also looked at Iran’s ruins and drew the obvious conclusion: nuclear weapons are the only guarantee against American military action. The argument is made by a monster. That does not make it wrong.

By Sunny Peter

/ 31 Mar 2026

The Bargain That Broke: How the Iran War Shattered the Abraham Accords' Founding Logic

The Abraham Accords were built on a premise: Arab states could normalise with Israel in exchange for security guarantees and American backing. The US-Israel war on Iran shattered that premise. The Accords still exist on paper. The logic that held them together does not.

By Sunny Peter

/ 9 Mar 2026

The Bargain That Broke: How the Iran War Shattered the Abraham Accords' Founding Logic

The New Scramble for Syria: Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the Gulf States Jockey for Power in Post-Assad Syria

Assad is gone. The scramble has begun. Turkey wants buffer zones. Iran wants its corridor. Russia wants its bases. The Gulf states want influence without commitment. Every outside power has a stake and an agenda. The Syrians are, once again, the last consideration.

By Sunny Peter

/ 8 Nov 2025

The New Scramble for Syria: Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the Gulf States Jockey for Power in Post-Assad Syria

Sudan After al-Fashir: The Logic of Partition

Al-Fashir has fallen. The Rapid Support Forces now control most of Darfur. What is emerging in Sudan is not chaos — it is a logic. The country is being divided into spheres of control by armed actors with foreign backers. Partition is rarely declared. It is simply allowed to happen.

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Nov 2025

Sudan After al-Fashir: The Logic of Partition

Gaza Ceasefire Violations: Why October 2025 Agreement Remains Dangerously Fragile

The October ceasefire was signed in good faith by nobody. Both sides entered it with reservations, competing interpretations and no agreed enforcement mechanism. Violations began almost immediately. What was called a ceasefire was, from the start, a temporary reduction in killing.

By Sunny Peter

/ 30 Oct 2025

Gaza Ceasefire Violations: Why October 2025 Agreement Remains Dangerously Fragile

When Algorithms Go to War: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of International Conflict

Autonomous weapons systems are not coming. They are here. AI is already embedded in targeting, surveillance and cyber operations. The question is no longer whether algorithms will make decisions in war — but who is accountable when they get it wrong. Nobody has a good answer.

By Sunny Peter

/ 18 Oct 2025

When Algorithms Go to War: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of International Conflict

Kabul Under Pressure: India's Diplomatic Gambit and Pakistan's Airstrikes Reveal Shifting Power Dynamics

India’s quiet engagement with Afghanistan and Pakistan’s airstrikes against TTP positions inside Afghan territory reveal a triangle of competing interests. The Taliban sit at the centre, playing each neighbour against the other with considerable tactical skill.

By Sunny Peter

/ 10 Oct 2025

Kabul Under Pressure: India's Diplomatic Gambit and Pakistan's Airstrikes Reveal Shifting Power Dynamics

New Cold War in the Arctic: Military Buildup, Territorial Claims, and the Fight for the North

Russia has been militarising the Arctic for a decade. China has declared itself a near-Arctic state. NATO is scrambling to respond. The far north — once a strategic afterthought — is the next contested frontier of great power competition. The ice is melting. The tensions are not.

By Sunny Peter

/ 30 Sep 2025

New Cold War in the Arctic: Military Buildup, Territorial Claims, and the Fight for the North