Digital Currencies vs Dollar Hegemony: A Data-Based Geopolitical Analysis
Divyanka Tandon The most important geopolitical aspect of CBDCs is their potential to change cross-border payments. CBDCs could be the…
Youth Unrest and Regional Stability: Reassessing India-Nepal Relations after the September 2025 Protests
Dhruv Ashok The recent protests are a matter of critical strategic concern for India, as Instability in Nepal poses several…
A Strategic Game Changer: Analysing India’s BrahMos Missile Export to the Philippines
John T Guite and Vinay N Bhushan The BrahMos export establishes a precedent for future defence cooperation with other Southeast Asian nations, potentially expanding India’s…
Charlie Kirk and the Surge in Christian Nationalism in the USA
Balaji Subramanian The U.S. is witnessing a surge in Christian nationalism, moving from private faith to public political activism, shaping…
Germany’s Economic Stagnation: Structural Crisis at Europe’s Core
Sidhartha Muraleedharan Germany is experiencing its longest post-war economic stagnation, with minimal or negative GDP growth since 2019, and continued…
Power and Priorities: Global Military Expenditure and Geopolitical Shifts, 2010–2024
Defence budgets are not merely fiscal submissions; rather, they are strategic signals that depict security challenges faced by…
The Unravelling of CPEC: China’s Strategic Recalibration in Pakistan
Dr Nanda Kishor China’s partial disengagement creates breathing room, but it does not remove the strategic logic of Sino-Pakistani cooperation.
How India’s Oil Refining Power Balanced Global Inflation and Geopolitics
From a minimal capacity in the 1990s, India became the world’s third-largest refiner with 254 MTPA by 2023,…
Nvidia and the Fractured Future of Semiconductors: Geopolitics, AI, and the New Tech Blocs
Once best known for its graphics cards powering video games, Nvidia has become the undisputed leader in artificial…
Between Reconciliation and Rivalry: Understanding the Historical Wounds in Sino-Japanese Ties
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar & Tanishaa Pandey Even after China and Japan normalised diplomatic relations in 1972, the question of justice and reparations for Chinese…