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Children watch the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performing during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 13 February 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP

India’s record defence budget turns heads

A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan

Shakir Husain 17 February 2026

From Tokyo to Tampa: the rise and rise of Asim Munir

After Pakistan's recent military tensions with India, Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir emerged as a powerful and stabilising force. Who is he?

Kamal Alam 08 June 2025
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From Buddha’s Smile to Nasr: inside India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry

The recent military flare-up begged questions on who would win in the event of a nuclear or conventional war. Here, Al Majalla compares their arsenals and respective journeys to become nuclear powers.

Mohammed Mansour 23 May 2025
India vs Pakistan: arsenals and military spending Diana Estefanía Rubio

India vs Pakistan: arsenals and military spending

India-Pakistan tensions reached a fever pitch after a 22 April attack in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a disputed region divided by a de facto border called the Line of Control. The…

Al Majalla - London 13 May 2025
Taylor Callery

How a multipolar world helped India and Pakistan back from the brink

With "three dozen countries" involved, international diplomacy was key to de-escalation, showing how a multipolar world can offer more levers for peace

Christopher Phillips 13 May 2025

A tenuous truce holds India and Pakistan from the brink

Fares Garabet 12 May 2025
Kashmiri men react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

Tensions will simmer even as they step back from full-blown war

The Economist 11 May 2025
Chairs and tables are‬‭ scattered at the site of a suspected militant‬ attack on tourists in Baisaran near Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district,‬ on April 24, 2025. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

How India and Pakistan can pull back from the brink

Exaggerated claims of military success—amplified by the two countries' media—could help each side save face

Ravi Agrawal 10 May 2025

India-Pakistan escalation sparks calls for restraint

Fares Garabet 07 May 2025
Metal debris lies on the ground in Wuyan in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

India strikes Pakistan in 'largest aerial attack in 50 years'

Can the two bitter enemies control a new cycle of escalation?

The Economist 07 May 2025
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

15 August 2026

The appointments show how Tehran is drawing lessons from successive wars and preparing for a prolonged period of insecurity

Alex Vatanka
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Politics

Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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