A personal announcement. I have started my own podcast titled ‘The Great Game Reloaded’. The first episode can be viewed 👇 piped.video/watch?v=rl9DNI45…

A podcast I did with Amber Zaidi @Amberological on #Pakistan and #Pak-Afghan situation, among other issues. piped.video/fx2DlOFH4-U

Acc to a 25 Sep report of the Lowy Institute, China’s #Gwadar gamble isn’t paying off. The port is rapidly transforming from a geopolitical asset into a financial and security liability as Beijing’s risk appetite diminishes. Besides, China is growing weary of sacrificing both capital and the lives of its citizens to defend a commercial failure. Thus, Gwadar is rapidly approaching a tipping point. Quite likely, China will stage a quiet retreat by downscaling its operational footprint,reducing Gwadar from a commercial mega-port to a minor, fortified naval refuelling station. Well worth a read. lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…

#Pakistan. Cops deployed to foil PTI’s long march face serious ‘Oops’ moments. Acc to Express Tribune, around 32,000 cops brought from diff dists of Punjab & deployed at diff points in Attock district to stop the march are facing a shortage of facilities, esp severe lack of washrooms. At one school accommodating nearly 1,000 cops, there is only one washroom and they have to wait for hours outside it causing severe distress. In the absence of washrooms, a large number of personnel use bushes and fields beneath the Attock River bridge, which, according to them, is worsening their problems.

'200 Ops A Day?': Tilak Devasher Ridicules Scale, Impact Of Pakistan Army’s Counter-Terror Claims Pakistan’s DG ISPR said the army carried out 40,000 intelligence-based operations against terrorists in the first six months of 2026. Tilak Devasher breaks down what that number means — roughly 200 operations a day — and questions the scale and effectiveness of Pakistan’s counter-terror campaign. He also looks at Pakistan’s claim of 2,000 terrorists killed, the loss of 300 uniformed personnel in six months, and why Pakistan’s terrorism crisis continues to deepen. The larger question: if Pakistan knows what the problem is, why is it unable to tackle it? #Pakistan #PakistanArmy #Terrorism #DGISPR #TilakDevasher @prasadaditi @tilakdevasher1

Thank you for the kind words.

A podcast I did with @prasadaditi for Axis-Times of India on Pakistan. piped.video/HXLdy86_6-0?si=2At3…

Thank you for your kind words. 🙏

A podcast I did with @Sanjay_Dixit on various aspect of Pakistan and Pak-Afghan relations. piped.video/watch?v=sQIEzxvS…

What makes Field Marshal Asim Munir different from Pakistan’s previous dictators? “Munir studied the mistakes of all four and systematically avoided them,” says Tilka Devasher, adding, “He has achieved unparalleled power in Pakistan constitutionally.” Unlike Ayub, Zia and Musharraf, he did not need to suspend the Constitution. Instead, Devasher argues, “He has used democracy to demolish democracy.” And unlike Ayub, Munir did not give up the Army Chief’s post after becoming Field Marshal. So what lies in store for Pakistan’s hybrid system and its Field Marshal? Watch the full conversation on Chakra News: piped.video/3U9y3qSnr04 #Pakistan #AsimMunir #PakistanArmy #Geopolitics #PakistanPolitics #ChakraNewz @SandeepUnnithan @awasthi_bob @i_DeepakBhadana @tilakdevasher1

The creation of Pakistan was the final act of the Great Game. India was partitioned in 1947, but the roots of this partition can be traced to 1857 says, Author & Fmr Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Tilak Devasher. “The British realised that if Hindus and Muslims got together, they are going to show the British the door,” he says. The British then instituted a deliberate political separation from projecting religious differences into politics to separate electorates and the creation of the Muslim League in 1906. Watch the full conversation on Chakra News: piped.video/3U9y3qSnr04 #Pakistan #Partition #BritishIndia #IndiaHistory #Geopolitics #ChakraNewz @SandeepUnnithan @awasthi_bob @i_DeepakBhadana @tilakdevasher1

What has changed most in Pakistan since 1958? According to Author & Fmr Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Tilak Devasher, "There was a time when Pakistan believed it could compete with India, even surpass it." Today, he sees a very different mood: “doom and gloom.” But is Pakistan’s crisis only economic? Devasher points to two deeper trends: the return of ruler-centric politics over the rule of law and a growing refusal to accept dissent. So, what happens when hope gives way to gloom, while political polarisation keeps deepening? Watch the full conversation on Chakra News: piped.video/3U9y3qSnr04 #Pakistan #India #AsimMunir #Geopolitics #PakistanPolitics #ChakraNewz @SandeepUnnithan @awasthi_bob @i_DeepakBhadana @tilakdevasher1

Islamabad is bracing for protest marches in next few days. Key march is of PTI to secure release of Imran Khan. Acc to Dawn ‘Given the rate at which containers are being laid out, trenches being dug and additional security requisitioned, it seems that the government is preparing not for a political event but an invasion.’

A podcast I did with @SandeepUnnithan on #Pakistan based to an extent on my second book Pakistan:At the Helm and other issues. piped.video/watch?v=3U9y3qSn…

It’s on the region!

🤞I have completed the draft. Let’s see how long the publisher takes.

A podcast I did with @AadiAchint on everything #Pakistan. Returning to podcasts after a break. piped.video/watch?v=VqxqglcD…

Great. Hope you enjoy it. Look forward to your feedback. 🙏

A very enjoyable session at the prestigious National Defence College talking to the participants on Pakistan. The talk was followed by an engaging Q&A session.

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