The slow patient work of watching empires rearrange themselves.
From the opening accounting of the Iran missile war through the Dhurandhar trilogy and its epilogue, this is the working file of a correspondent who would rather be wrong about the particulars than impatient about the conclusions.
Fifty-one editions, four sections, ten phases. The reader will, as always, choose which of the theories to believe.
I am feeling curious
Recent editions
ARISHA, in Practice
The Gulf File debuts. The post-war architecture being built in contracts, not in photographs. Arab capital, Indian production, Shalom technology. Eight months on from Crystal Ball — ARISHA in operational form.
Read the editionThe Indifference Doctrine
The Subcontinent File debuts. Why New Delhi has stopped picking up the phone. Pakistan was the question. China is the question now. Pakistan is the residual.
Read the editionThe Ceasefire That Wasn't
May 7-8, 2026. Three US destroyers under Iranian fire. UAE struck for the second time in five days. Trump's love tap. Iran's point of no return. The April 7 ceasefire is, in operational terms, finished. Closes with a Shakespearean verse coda.
Read the editionMarch 4 — May 6, 2026
Forty-seven editions plotted against the war's calendar. Hover any marker for a glimpse; click to read. The Dhurandhar trilogy lives on its own page.
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(March 4 – April 7)
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by the Trilogy
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