External Affairs 244 PAKISTAN: ATOMIC ABYSS When the sun rises over the Pakistani landscape in the first quarter of 2026, its light reveals a bleak reality. There is no longer a path forward—onl... Cult Current Desk 02 Apr 2026
External Affairs 280 BETWEEN TWO FIRES: PAKISTAN’S STRATEGIC QUAGMIRE As the US-Israel-Iran conflict enters its third harrowing week, Pakistan finds itself suspended in a strategic void. Caught between its ironclad commi... Mohamed Sinan Siyech 02 Apr 2026
External Affairs 191 THE SILICON VOLCANO The deceptive calm of the Taiwan Strait masks a bubbling geopolitical lava. While intelligence suggests a reprieve until 2027, Beijing’s 'Hunter-Alert... Sachchidanand 02 Apr 2026
External Affairs 215 GIORGIA MELONI: THE CRACKING SPELL As the shadows of ancient ruins lengthen across Rome’s Seven Hills, the myth of Giorgia Meloni—once the indomitable victor—begins to fracture. The 202... Jalaj Srivastava 02 Apr 2026
External Affairs 207 The New Energy Order As we cross the threshold of 2026, the old geopolitical scripts of gold and oil have been discarded. Power now flows through a ‘Metabolic Order,’ wher... Sandeep Kumar 02 Apr 2026
External Affairs 245 THE DRAGON’S DESCENT Mid-way through the 2020s, China finds itself trapped in a geopolitical 'sandbox' where its own creations have turned lethal. Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dr... Rakesh Narwal 02 Apr 2026
External Affairs 313 Iran: A Soul Under Siege On a cold January night, the air of Tehran was not merely icy—it was soaked in history. Chants echoing through the streets, severed internet lines, an... Santosh Kumar 02 Feb 2026
External Affairs 308 Naval Pressure on Iran The US Navy’s deployment of the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group toward the Middle East signals a calibrated show of force against Iran—designed t... Farhad Ibragimov 02 Feb 2026
External Affairs 348 Greater Eurasia : Charting a Tripolar Future From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the vast expanse of Eurasia is no longer the exclusive domain of a single superpower. The year 2025 crystallized a n... Manoj Kumar 02 Feb 2026