(By Khalid Masood) In the early hours of Saturday, February 28, 2026, a barrage of US and Israeli missiles struck targets across Iran, including a compound in Tehran where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reportedly meeting with key commanders. Within hours, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Khamenei—one of the most…
(By Khalid Masood) In the early hours of February 28, 2026, as US and Israeli forces unleashed a massive coordinated airstrike campaign on Iran—codenamed Operation Epic Fury—the operation not only targeted Iranian military infrastructure and leadership sites but also marked a pivotal moment in the militarization of artificial intelligence. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was…
(By Khalid Masood) The India AI Impact Summit 2026 (being held February 16–20 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi) was promoted as a landmark event to cement India’s role in the global AI landscape. With over 70,000 attendees, high-profile guests including French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Google’s Sundar Pichai, OpenAI’s…
(By Ayesha Mahnoor) The launch of Sky47, Pakistan’s largest domestically hosted cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform, represents a consequential development in the country’s digital and strategic evolution. While framed publicly as a technology initiative, Sky47 carries broader implications for data sovereignty, regulatory autonomy, AI capacity building, and economic resilience. As governments worldwide reassess…
(Reviewed by Khalid Masood) Pravin Sawhney’s The Last War is a meticulously researched and sobering exploration of the shifting paradigms of modern warfare, spotlighting the urgent strategic challenges India faces in its evolving conflict with China. Published by Aleph Book Company, this 424-page work combines deep expertise in defence technology with incisive geopolitical analysis to provide a…
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction Modern warfare is no longer fought solely on the battlefield with tanks, guns, and boots on the ground. Today, war is also waged in cyberspace, through autonomous drones, deepfake propaganda, and intelligent systems that make decisions faster than any human general could. At the heart of this transformation is Artificial Intelligence…
