South Asia

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the subcontinent's defining tensions. Coverage spans nuclear brinkmanship, cross-border conflict, water rights disputes, the politics of religious nationalism and the widening gap between democratic promise and democratic practice.

The Slow Siege

China has renamed 23 places in Arunachal Pradesh it does not control. Again. On April 10, Beijing's Ministry of Civil Affairs published its sixth list of what it

By Sunny Peter

/ 15 Apr 2026

What Tehran Already Knew

The failure of the Islamabad talks has been framed, almost universally, as Iran's refusal to accept a reasonable offer. That framing deserves scrutiny.

By Sunny Peter

/ 13 Apr 2026

A Table in Islamabad

Iran's Supreme National Security Council accepted the ceasefire on Wednesday with a statement that was, in its honesty, more revealing than any diplomatic communiqué. 'This does not

By Sunny Peter

/ 10 Apr 2026

The War Pakistan Made

'Our patience has reached its limit,' Khawaja Asif, Pakistan’s Defence Minister said in a social media post on February 27, 2026, declaring what he called an '

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Apr 2026

The Indispensable Bad Actor

Pakistan, not long ago, was a bad actor. Not anymore. Today it is indispensable. On Sunday morning, Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar hosted his counterparts from Turkiye, Saudi

By Sunny Peter

/ 30 Mar 2026

The Ground India Lost

On the morning of February 28, as the United States and Israel launched their air campaign against Iran, a missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, a

By Sunny Peter

/ 19 Mar 2026

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

October 10, 2025, delivered two starkly contradictory messages to Afghanistan's Taliban government within hours of each other. In New Delhi, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stood beside

By Sunny Peter

/ 10 Oct 2025

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

Afghanistan's Digital Darkness: How the World Learned to Stop Worrying and Forget the Taliban

For Wahida Faizi, an Afghan journalist living in Denmark, the silence began without warning. One moment she could speak with her parents in Kabul—those nightly video calls that brought

By Sunny Peter

/ 1 Oct 2025

Afghanistan's Digital Darkness: How the World Learned to Stop Worrying and Forget the Taliban

Canadian Government Admits: Khalistani Extremist Groups Continue Receiving Domestic Financial Support

A bombshell Canadian government report has exposed the continuing flow of financial resources to Khalistani extremist organizations operating within the country's borders, raising serious questions about national security

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Sep 2025

Canadian Government Admits: Khalistani Extremist Groups Continue Receiving Domestic Financial Support

Trump's India-Pakistan Mediation Claims: A Diplomatic Dispute Over Trade and Territory

The relationship between the United States and India, once hailed as a cornerstone of 21st-century geopolitics, has entered turbulent waters as President Donald Trump continues to assert that his administration

By Sunny Peter

/ 27 Aug 2025

Trump's India-Pakistan Mediation Claims: A Diplomatic Dispute Over Trade and Territory

India Offers Flood Alert to Pakistan: Catastrophe Diplomacy Amid Crisis

In a rare diplomatic gesture that pierces through months of frozen bilateral relations, India has alerted Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding after heavy monsoon rains in the South Asian region,

By Sunny Peter

/ 26 Aug 2025

India Offers Flood Alert to Pakistan: Catastrophe Diplomacy Amid Crisis