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India–US in the Indo-Pacific: From Strategic Alignment to Structural Necessity

The India-US convergence is a direct response to China’s assertive expansionism, visible in its construction of artificial islands within the Exclusive Economic Zones of Vietnam, Japan, and the...

When Foreign Policy Comes Home: Why India Needs Domestic Public Diplomacy

India must move beyond a reactive public relations approach and adopt a more proactive model of domestic public diplomacy. ...

The Durand Line Dilemma: A Frontier of Fragility, Insurgency, and Unfinished Sovereignty

The ambiguity surrounding the border, combined with the limited institutional capacity of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, has contributed to the emergence and persistence of armed non-state actors...

Hungary’s Defiance and the Fracturing of Europe’s Ukraine Consensus

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has been openly critical of the European Union’s financial and military support for Kyiv, describing it as a strategic miscalculation that burdens an already strained...

The Structural Grammar of Revolt: Mapping the Logic of Global Protest

ACLED event counts, World Bank Gini scores, governance ratings, and MIDI mobilisation indices reveal a combination of factors that produce the high-intensity protest environments...

Hexagon Alliance: India’s Strategic Pivot in a Multipolar World

The proposed hexagon, linking Israel, India, Greece, Cyprus, and selected Arab, African, and possibly Asian partners, is a networked architecture designed to reengineer global connectivity corridors...

What Cinema Reveals About Us

Cinema carries immense cultural influence. It shapes imagination, aspiration, and the patterns of behaviour that societies come to celebrate...

Energy, Deterrence, and Escalation: The Economic Fallout of the Iran Conflict

A worldwide economic shock akin to past energy crises could occur if the conflict spreads or threatens the Strait of Hormuz...

Navigating the Storm: India’s Strategic Resilience in West Asia

India’s influence in the Global South is not accidental. It is built on a foundation as a "Net Security Provider" in the Indian Ocean and as a reliable partner to Gulf nations that depend on the...