External Affairs / South Asia 157 New Bangladesh, New Promise BNP outlines vision after July Uprising. The July Uprising of 2024 was not a single event, says Shahadat Shadhin, Deputy Press Secretary to Bangladesh... Cult Current Desk 19 Aug 2026
External Affairs / South Asia 172 Kathmandu’s Price Crisis In three months, the price of a bag of rice in Kathmandu jumped from Rs 2,100 to Rs 2,500. Leafy vegetables are unaffordable. Cooking gas is in artifi... Cult Current Desk 08 Aug 2026
External Affairs / South Asia 334 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 / South Asia 368 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 / South Asia 246 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 / South Asia 299 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 / South Asia 415 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 / South Asia 368 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 / South Asia 402 India-Pak-Afghanistan: The Emerging Triangle The pace of geopolitical movements within the India-Pakistan-Afghanistan triangle has accelerated unexpectedly. Amidst border closures, air strikes, a... Santu Das 01 Dec 2025