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The UN at a Crossroads: Electing the 10th Secretary-General in an Age of Turbulence

Notwithstanding all the UN-bashing and personal targeting, the UNSG, as a diplomat par excellence, keeps reminding the UN all the Member States that there is no substitute for the world organisation...

2025 A Year of Geopolitical Turbulence and Global Realignment

The year 2025 marked a decisive break from the assumptions that shaped the post–Cold War and post-globalisation eras...

Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland – Shifting Balance of Power in the Horn of Africa

The Somali President has described Israel’s action as a blatant violation of Somalia’s sovereignty. Arab partners, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, have also opposed the decision...

The Age of Middle Powers 2.0

A new generation of middle powers led by India, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, the UAE and South Koreais moving from being “swing states” to policy creators in trade, technology and security...

From Extraction to Strategy: India and the New Geopolitics of Critical Minerals

As the world pushes toward net-zero targets, the concentration of critical minerals resources has created a geopolitical "chokepoint" that Western powers and their allies are now moving to dismantle...

Israel-Greece-Cyprus Trilateral: Consolidating Eastern Mediterranean Unity Amid Turkish Assertiveness

The summit aimed to strengthen cooperation, and the three countries agreed to deepen further collaboration in the fields of security, defence, and military cooperation. ...

Air Pollution Beyond Seasons: A Data-Driven Global Comparison Through the Lens of Delhi

The air quality index (AQI) yearly average score between 2020 to 2025 has consistently demonstrated that air quality in India was not to be interpreted as a temporary ‘pollution emergency,’ but...

State Patronage, Sectarian Mobilisation, and the Rise of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

The recent violence perpetrated by the TLP illustrates the ineffectiveness of the Pakistani establishment's long-standing policy of supporting Islamist factions in politics to maintain a weakened...

From Dialogue to Impact: The Strategic Realism of Global South 3.0 

The global sovereign debt crisis has surpassed the "high-risk" warning phase and has become a localised problem for about 40% of developing countries as of late 2025...