Nayanima Basu

It is time for India to close the Sheikh Hasina chapter for good and let the fugitive Prime Minister go back to Dhaka and face the law. It is, after all, Bangladesh's internal matter.

On July 30, 2026, ‘The Wealth Networks' by Akshay Chavan, was launched in Mumbai. Chavan talks about how hidden routes connect the Indian subcontinent across centuries, shaping economies, empires, faith, language, and art. A panel discussion moderated by Sifra Lentin, Gateway House Bombay History Fellow, covered topics ranging from history, anthropology, and Buddhism, piecing together the varied forces that once shaped India's past and continue to influence its future.

Indian envoy Trivedi called on Bangladesh PM Rahman even as bilateral ties remain tensed. .

On August 6, 2026, the College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad, hosted a lecture on “China's Strategic Culture, Ideology and Applicability of the Whole-of-Nation Approach.” Lt Gen S. L. Narasimhan, Adjunct Distinguished Fellow, National Security and China Studies, delivered the lecture, discussing China's strategic culture and ideology and their application in the global context.

Derek Grossman, security expert and formerly of the CIA, spoke to StratNewsGlobal on how India's strategic positioning is undergoing a change under the Trump administration.

India's two strategic partners in West Asia-Saudi Arabia and Iran-are drifting away from New Delhi even as Beijing and Islamabad are playing key roles.

Five years after the Taliban took control in Afghanistan, the Islamist fundamentalist group openly celebrated its return from New Delhi to Beijing, referring to it as ‘Victory Day'.

NSA Doval and Chinese FM Wang Yi have once again reiterated the need for an “early and substantial harvest of boundary delimitation and border management” even as the six border protocols lie dormant.