Xi in Washington, India in the Middle: What the Trump–Xi Summit Means for New Delhi
Divyanka Tandon The September 2026 state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington was more than a ceremonial meeting…
The Displacement Equation: What Refugee Flow Data Reveals About Conflict, Climate, and the New Geography of Flight
In 2025, for the first time on record, conflict overtook climate as the world's leading driver of forced…
AI as a Geopolitical Weapon: The New Arms Race Beyond Nuclear Deterrence
Artificial intelligence inverts that logic entirely. It is usable, scalable, exportable, and improvable on a weekly release cycle…
The New Great Game in the Himalayas: Infrastructure, Influence and the India–China Contest
The border between India and China has never truly been settled. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) —…
The New Cold War? US–China Rivalry in the AI and Semiconductor Era
The contest between the United States and China over artificial intelligence and semiconductor dominance is not merely a…
The Fragile Backbone: India’s Oil Dependence and the Anatomy of Energy Vulnerability
In this new Sharp Scope data analyst Divyanka Tandon analysis examines how rising import dependence, growing exposure to…
Burning Earth: A Data Analysis of Climate Change and Extreme Weather in India
India had 554 days of heatwaves in 2024. This is twice the number of days in the previous…
From Suez Collapse to Cape Routing: Mapping Global Shipping Disruptions and India’s Trade Vulnerabilities
A Deep Data Analysis of Rerouting Patterns, Freight Costs, Chokepoint Risks, and India's Strategic Imperatives (2024–2026)
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…
From Experimentation to Systemic Adoption: Data Analysis of 3D-Printed Firearm Proliferation in Extremist Networks
The rapid intersection of accessible additive manufacturing technologies and violent extremism creates an urgent security challenge for governments…