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Brewing Storms in the Bay of Bengal: Bangladesh, Radicalisation, and New Delhi’s Strategic Concern

Bangladesh today poses a qualitatively different challenge to India, one that cannot be clubbed with New Delhi’s experiences with other neighbouring states over the last few years. ...

A War Beyond Ceasefire: Why the Congo–Rwanda Conflict Defies Mediation

Despite agreeing to a ceasefire strongly promoted by the U.S. President, the Democratic Republic of Congo soon saw the M23 rebels openly disregard the agreement and continue their offensive in eastern...

Beyond Optics: Why Modi’s Visits to Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman Matter for India’s Long Game

The 3 visits reflect a deliberate, calibrated push: India is not merely reacting to regional churn but shaping outcomes through diversified, resilient partnerships that extend from the Mediterranean...

Mob Rule and Moral Collapse: Bangladesh’s Broken Transition

The present crisis in Bangladesh can be traced back to the July upheaval of 2024, when student demonstrations over job quotas escalated into a nationwide protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s...

From Tiananmen to Growth: How Economic Performance Rebuilt the CCP’s Legitimacy

The social contract established post-Tiananmen massacre indicates that the current Communist regime cannot derive its legitimacy solely from ideological elements; economic concerns must also be...

Borrowed Shields, Vulnerable Skies: The Strategic Cost of India’s Air Defence Dependence

Imported defence systems often function as ‘black boxes,’ making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to modify seekers, algorithms, or counter drone swarms and saturation attacks...

Consensus to Paralysis: How the WTO’s Reform Agenda Collapsed Ahead of MC14

Petter Olberg’s assessment ahead of MC14 underscores that deep divisions over the WTO’s consensus rule have effectively ruled out meaningful institutional reform in Yaoundé...

Countering Deepfakes and Disinformation: Australia Puts the Onus on Social Media Platforms

Regulation of social media in Australia demonstrates that the protection of freedom of speech and the safeguarding of national security are compatible objectives...

From Frozen Frontier to Geopolitical Fault Line: Russia, China and the New Arctic Order

The closure of European markets, combined with Western oil companies’ investment cuts, has forced Moscow to depend on Chinese money and technology to keep extracting from the North...