Mahesh Sachdev
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Time runs short for Iran and America (opens the original)
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It may be tempting to see the recent jerky resumption of negotiations between the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and the United States as déjà vu. Similar attempts resulted in the June 17 Memorandum that unravelled within weeks, and the two belligerents resumed their respective blockades of the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian ports. So, what is different this time? They have both realised that time is not on their side. Their respective domestic considerations make continuation of the seven-month-o
Five years on, Taliban are still at a fork in the road (opens the original)
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For a people long regarded as at the crossroads of civilisations, the past five years of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) under Taliban rule resemble the backwaters. After 47 years of bloodletting, terrorism and foreign occupation, the current “stability” is a respite. But the ongoing time-freeze only postpones an eventual transition to modern universality. So far, the process has been glacial and selective, causing pain and uncertainty. It is time to take stock of the past half-decade a
A new security triangle emerges with the Makkah Pact (opens the original)
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The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), signed on August 7, 2026, by the top leaders of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, is the first regional realignment since the geostrategic tsunami of the United States-Iran war. While the MJDA text has not been revealed, the joint statement issued specifically states that “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all”. This echoes infamous Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
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