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vikram sharma : Members of the All India Shia Council hold a protest at Jantar Mantar against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in Israeli and US strikes, at Jantar Mantar on March 1, 2026 in New Delhi, India.

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| Photo: Yasir Iqbal : Outcry at Home: Muslims in Lal Chowk, Srinagar, protest against the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by the US-Israel alliance

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| Photo: AP : Special Strategic Partnership: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Hall of Remembrance in Jerusalem on February 26, 2026

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PMO via PTI : In this image received on Jan. 27, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President Antonio Costa, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, during their meeting at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi.

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| Photo: AP : Anger Against the Establishment: A snapshot of the revolt in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 9, 2025

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| Photo: AP : Three is Company: Modi, Putin and
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| Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images : US President Donald Trump , Russian President Vladimir Putin, and China's President Xi Jinping are depicted on a wall of graffiti in London, England

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Photo: Getty Images : Competitive Disadvantage: Customers shop at the Pioneer Cash and Carry in Little India on August 1, 2025, in Artesia, California

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xPib/PressxInformationx : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, waves as he boards his airplane for a flight to Austria following a two-day visit to Moscow from Vnukovo-II Airport, July 9, 2024 in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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Courtesy: X : Changing Strategy: Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 28, 2025

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GETTY IMAGES : While efforts to de-escalate the India-Pakistan conflict were praised by all, no country assigned explicit blame to Pakistan for the April 22, 2025 terror attack at Pahalgam, Kashmir

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Photo: AP/Anupam Nath

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Photo: Getty Images : Border Issue: Nepalese students protest against border encroachments by both China and India at Maitighar Mandala on November 17, 2019

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| Photo: AP : Strike Back: Soldiers inspect a building damaged by an Indian missile attack near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on
May 7, 2025

Operation Sindoor: How India Rewrites Its War Doctrine

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| Photo: AP : Before and After: A satellite image shows the damaged runway at PAF Base Mushaf in Sargodha, Pakistan

Trapped by the Neighbourhood: India’s Strategic Autonomy and the New Logic of War

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Illustration: Vikas Thakur

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