The author argues that the 2025 National Security Strategy emerges at a moment when U.S. unipolar dominance has eroded and the international system is increasingly shaped by multiple centers of power. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
As developmental, ideological, and security interventions converge, Naxal violence has sharply decreased across affected districts. To resolve long-standing extremism, a multi-faceted approach is essential—one that is based on strong governance, equitable development, democratic empowerment, the restoration of tribal rights, reform of policing and administration, and precise, targeted security operations. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The author argues that the world is witnessing a tectonic shift in international power dynamics with the emergence of a new world order. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The author argues that India’s trajectory affirms that sustained national progress is forged not through compliance with global powers, but through strategic resilience, indigenous innovation, and pragmatic diplomacy. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The rise of Pakistan’s permanent Ruling Elite can also be attributed to the assassination of Liaquat Ali, which created a power vacuum, leaving non-democratic forces, primarily the Army and the bureaucracy, to assert control. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Pakistan’s repeated interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs has brought destruction and misery, fueling nationalist and anti-Pakistan sentiments among Afghans and the Taliban 2.0. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
This article is based exclusively on the Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh’s media interaction ahead of the 93rd Air Force Day (full video as linked). This article paraphrases on-record remarks; any direct quotations are in quotation marks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiB9-vwV6Vo [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The author argues that some of its fundamental principles of orthodoxy have remained the fountainhead of power such as blind faith, fragility of logic, absolute submission to religious authority, adherence to the principle of takiya or disguise... [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]