Behind AirTrunk’s $30bn bet on India
A hyperscale data centre empire promises to make India an AI powerhouse. The evidence suggests it will do more for…
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India’s foreign policy in West Asia faces limits as Iran crisis deepens: Russian expert
India is deeply exposed to the Iran crisis but has little leverage to influence events. What does that reveal about…
Mythos, Palantir and American AI power’s architecture
Two American tech companies — one guarding the model, one running the kill chain — have together made the Global…
Europe’s India embrace: Democracy talk abroad, silence at scale
As Brussels deepens ties with New Delhi, mounting evidence of electoral exclusion and institutional drift raises an uncomfortable question: is…
Why China won’t intervene in US war on Iran — and why it can’t
As Washington tightens its chokehold on Iran, a familiar question returns — and reveals a deeper misunderstanding of how power…
Iran-US peace talks in Pakistan stall: Europe’s energy future hangs in balance
The collapse of Iran-US negotiations reveals widening strategic gaps and raises immediate risks for Europe’s energy security and supply chains.
US–Iran ceasefire: Competing claims mask fragile pause
The US–Iran ceasefire halts a 40-day war, but competing narratives from Washington and Tehran suggest deeper strategic tensions beneath the…
AI warfare: Machine pulls no trigger, humans do
The US used Palantir's Maven Smart System and Anthropic's Claude AI to generate over 1,000 strike targets in 24 hours…
Iran buys IDF soldiers, breaches Iron Dome with $1,000
Israel has invested heavily in defence systems and influence operations. Instead, police and Shin Bet allege that critical details of…
US trade deals choke South Asia: Now Bangladesh falls prey
While Muhammad Yunus celebrates the new US trade deal, is Bangladesh also falling into the same trap that has been…
