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Osama bin Laden's Compound

Never Forget Abbottabad: The Other Chapter of 9/11 Should not Fall Victim to Selective Memory

Abbottabad itself is symbolic. Just 30 miles north of Islamabad, along the historic Karakoram Highway, it is home to Pakistan’s premier military academy. For bin Laden to live there undetected is not simply a mystery—it is a reminder of the uncomfortable realities of counterterrorism

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India-Bangladesh border fencing

India’s Push-Ins Could Push Bangladesh Towards China

Amid strategic challenges from Beijing in Bangladesh, New Delhi cannot separate border management with foreign policy. New Delhi should hold high-level dialogue with Dhaka and develop a cooperative roadmap to facilitate the identification and repatriation of undocumented migrants from India. 

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Rajnath Singh meeting Sri Lanka President in Colombo

Growing Sri Lanka-India Defence Cooperation Throws Up Air-Defence Questions

The visit therefore should not be viewed simply as another bilateral defence engagement. It represents an attempt by New Delhi to institutionalise India's security relationship with Sri Lanka, while simultaneously reassuring Colombo that India's expanding security interests need not threaten Sri Lankan sovereignty.

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Belgian PM Bart De Wever with Indian PM Narendra Modi (photo by Belga news agency)

Belgium and India: Building a Strategic Partnership Beyond Economics and Trade

Belgium views India as an opportunity to reduce its economic dependence on China and limit vulnerability to developments in the United States. India offers scale, growth, industrial capacity and ambition, while Belgium offers technology, specialised expertise, logistics and access to the European market.