The Mecca Pact: A New Shield, or a Strategic Mirage?
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on 7 August 2026 by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, is being described as the embryo of an “Islamic NATO”. That description is politically dramatic but strategically premature. The agreement is undoubtedly significant: it declares that an armed attack on one signatory will be regarded as an attack on […]
The Quiet Crunch
(Photo) Courtesy : Instagram India’s fertility rate has dropped to 1.9 children per woman, with far-reaching consequences for its workforce, elders, and economy. The latest Sample Registration System (SRS) report indicates that while India has experienced a declining birth rate for years, the reproductive rate had previously remained high enough to sustain population growth. For […]
How Iran’s Economy Survives Under US-Israel War Pressure?
(Photo) Courtesy : Al Jazeera As the Gulf war, now in its sixth month, spreads across a vast region from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, even to the distant Caspian Sea, and shows no sign of ending, the question of how it impacts the economies of those involved has become crucial. These costs have […]
