Samvada World

Reliance on foreign sources for critical defence technologies is now a major strategic vulnerability amid shifting geopolitics, intensifying great-power rivalry, and the weaponisation of supply chains...

Panama’s move follows its withdrawal from China’s Belt and Road Initiative, signalling a strategic realignment toward the United States...

West Asia is thus entering uncharted territory: more autonomous, less predictable, and certainly more hazardous...

Despite increased efforts, there has been limited leadership commitment to women’s rights, including in Security Council negotiations and in peace talks...

One of the major reasons for the mission’s failure was the inability of the United Nations to act decisively within its mandate, along with a lack of political will among member states...

The greatest danger is not that nuclear weapons might be used—but that the world has begun to believe it could absorb their use, and if we think we can survive a nuclear war, it means we don’t know...

What these developments reveal is a nuanced negotiation of interests, with India neither capitulating to external pressure nor sacrificing its energy autonomy...

India’s focus went beyond deal-making to long-term partnership, reinforcing India’s role as a trusted contributor to global economic resilience and technological transformation...

U.S. assurances to the Kurds are now unravelling, with their latest betrayal becoming evident after December 2024, when the Iranian-backed Assad government collapsed and HTS—an offshoot of Al Qaeda in...