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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicNational Security Council

Topic: National Security Council

Biden nominates officials for key cybersecurity and nuclear policy positions

The nominations include Michael Sulmeyer, who has served as principal cyber adviser to the secretary of the Army, and Christopher Hanson, who has been chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission since 2021.

Inaction on communalism a political choice. NSC can make it difficult for Modi govt to ignore

The ultimate responsibility for political inaction on the issue of communalism rests with the PM. If Modi does not act, nothing much can be done.

US experts suspect Pakistan’s ISI agency of supporting those behind of Pulwama attack

Former CIA analyst Bruce Riedel said that the Pulwama terrorist attack will be the first serious challenge of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's administration.

Afghanistan says no privatisation of war ‘at any cost’, finds support

Rejecting Erik Prince's plan to privatise parts of US military operations in Afghanistan, the government says won't allow for-profit business.

Bilawal Bhutto supports Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida in treason case

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Locals in Khyber district are learning Chinese; Musharraf’s party demands security for a possible return to Pakistan.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.