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From Caution to Craft: How India Built the Capacity to Sign the EU Mega Trade Deal

India’s post-2014 trade pivot rests on a simple logic: comparative advantage delivers shared prosperity only when openness is carefully sequenced with the building of indigenous capability...

Beyond Growth Numbers: India’s Strategic Economic Posture Amid Global Uncertainty

The Survey argues that India must focus on building resilience, innovating relentlessly, and staying the course towards Viksit Bharat...

China’s Covert Penetration of Western Surveillance Infrastructure

The breach, centred on the exploitation of lawful intercept systems embedded within telecommunications networks, allowed Chinese operators to access private communications tied to senior British...

The Turkic World Vision 2040 – Strategic Integration And Eurasia’s Emerging Power Axis

Dr Lakshmi Karlekar analyses moves beyond cultural symbolism to assess how the Organisation of Turkic States is evolving into a structured geopolitical, economic, and civilizational bloc...

Negotiation as Dialogue: Why Conversation Matters More Than Confrontation

Collaboration is a key element, as negotiations are not a one-way communication but rather a dialogical process. ...

Anchoring the Drift: The Geopolitical Weight of the EU-India FTA in an Age of Uncertainty

The FTA has exposed an ugly truth - that depending on a single, weakening superpower is strategically untenable, especially as the spectre of a return to such politics in Washington pushes European...

Balancing Power at Sea: How the Philippines Counters China in the South China Sea

The Philippines recently conducted a joint military exercise with the U.S. in the Scarborough Shoal Sea that falls within the Philippines’ economic zone, which China claims is its sovereignty...

The UAE’s Strategic Squeeze in West Asia and India as a Strategic Hedge

The deepening relationship between India and the United Arab Emirates represents deliberate geopolitical posturing by both countries, driven by mutual strategic and economic interests...

The Emergence of an ‘Islamic NATO’: Pakistan–Saudi–Turkey Defence Alignment and Its Strategic Implications for India

The infusion of Saudi capital and Turkey's sophisticated military technologies will bolster Pakistan's defence stance against India...