Iran’s Narrative Warfare Shows How Propaganda Scales Power

Iran’s campaign shows how narrative, rituals, and social media metrics can shift opinion, exposing weak counter-strategy and amplifying war fatigue.

Anand Venkatanarayanan

April 18, 2026 at 8:58 AM IST

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Geopolitics

India Ought to Be Relieved It Isn’t a West Asian Interlocutor

Pakistan may be in the room, but India is better off staying out of a mediation process it cannot control.

Rajesh Ramachandran

March 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM IST

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Geopolitics

India’s Multi-Alignment Policy Faces Its Toughest Test Yet

The Iran conflict is forcing India to stress-test its multi-alignment strategy, balancing ties, asserting neutrality, and proving its geopolitical relevance.

Karan Mehrishi

March 27, 2026 at 6:01 AM IST

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From the Iran Conflict to the Battle for Hormuz

As Trump signals peace while tensions escalate, the conflict risks shifting from brinkmanship to control over the Strait of Hormuz, with far-reaching implications.

Rajesh Mahapatra

March 25, 2026 at 6:36 AM IST

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Netanyahu Says Won’t Strike Energy Infra After Trump Pushback

BasisPoint Insight

March 20, 2026 at 8:22 AM IST

Opinion

How Many Faultlines Will the Iran War Leave Behind?

The Iran war may conclude, but its aftermath could reshape power balances, energy systems and global alignments, creating faultlines that outlast the conflict itself

TK Arun

March 19, 2026 at 8:34 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Can the US Afford Trump's Iran War?

With the outlook for US employment and inflation already becoming increasingly grim, President Donald Trump's war of choice against Iran is bound to weaken public finances and the broader economy further, creating yet another reason for international investors to think twice about buying US debt. What ever happened to America First?

Desmond Lachman

March 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM IST

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Geopolitics

How Bombing Iran May Blow Back on America

The fact that Donald Trump could unleash the immense power of the US military against Iran with brazen disregard for facts and law will only embolden him to use such powers again.

Aziz Huq

March 3, 2026 at 4:09 AM IST

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Oil Shock Arithmetic Under a Wider West Asia Conflict

A widening US-Iran conflict raises oil, inflation and CAD risks for India, with fiscal trade-offs sharpening if crude sustains above $65 per barrel.

Madhavi Arora

March 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM IST

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Iran Crisis Threatens Global Oil Flow and India

Iran is unlikely to resemble Venezuela-style regime collapse scenarios. Iran’s political system rests on powerful parallel institutions — the clerical establishment, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and entrenched nationalist sentiment — making rapid external regime engineering improbable.

Ajay Srivastava

March 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM IST

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Geopolitics

Escalation Pathways and Strategic Risk in the Middle East

After the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader, the conflict shifts from deterrence to strategic shock, raising urgent questions over containment and escalation pathways.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

March 1, 2026 at 7:27 AM IST

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Geopolitics

US, Israel Launch Attack Against Iran: Reports

Iranian media reported explosions in Tehran, while sirens sounded across Israel in what the military described as a precautionary alert against possible missile retaliation.

BasisPoint Insight

February 28, 2026 at 7:10 AM IST

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Geopolitics

Iran’s Internal Turbulence and the Myth of Imminent Regime Change

Recurring protests in Iran revive predictions of collapse, but history, institutions, and security cohesion suggest a system under strain, not one on the brink.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

January 7, 2026 at 8:19 AM IST

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Geopolitics

The Middle East After Gaza: Strategic Stalemates and Uncertain Futures

As 2025 ends, the Middle East remains in flux—Gaza quiet but unresolved, Iran under strain, Gulf cautious, and global powers navigating a region where pauses don’t mean peace.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

December 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM IST

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India–Israel Trade Deal Returns to Agenda After a Decade-Long Pause

India’s renewed FTA push with Israel signals a pivot from limited merchandise trade to high-value partnerships in defence, agri-tech, electronics, water systems and innovation.

Ajay Srivastava

November 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM IST

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A New Middle Eastern Canvas for All Indian Diplomacy

Diplomacy in the Middle East has always been a delicate dance. Today, it resembles a freshly-painted canvas: vibrant, but with strokes that can blur if handled clumsily.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM IST

PIB

Israel’s Doha Strike: Hard Power, Safe Havens, And the Future of Warfare

The norms that once restrained states from striking outside their immediate battlefields are dissolving.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

September 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM IST

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Bombs And Drones Leave The Middle East In Flux

Israel's strikes on Iran mark a risky new phase in shadow warfare, testing deterrence, red lines, and the fragile balance in the Middle East.

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

June 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM IST

Israel Strikes Iran Nuclear Targets; Global Markets Roil Amid Escalation Fears

BasisPoint Insight

June 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM IST

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The Bureau

Benchmarks Fall as IT Slump Offsets Broader Market Strength

US Tariff Refund: India’s $12 Billion Gain Hinges on Case-to-Case Negotiations

NSE Moves Closer to IPO as SEBI Settlement Panel Finalises Penalty in Co-Location Case: Reports

RBI Flags Second-Round Inflation Risks from West Asia Conflict

EU to Widen CBAM Tax Net to 180 More Products

Govt Keeps Delimitation Framework Open, Proposes Raising Lok Sabha Strength to 850

Services Export May Overtake Merchandise in 2026-27, Fingers Crossed on AI

Deficient Monsoon, Iran War: A Double Shock to India’s Rural Economy

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