The Spanish Exception: Amnesty, Ceuta, and the Politics of a Diverging Europe
Aayush Pal As per a decree passed by the Spanish cabinet, legal residency has been granted to nearly 500,000 undocumented…
The Strategic Power of Clean Energy: India Beyond 300 GW
Anusreeta Dutta The significance of 300 GW is more than a number. Clean energy is gaining increasing importance for India…
Weapons as Statecraft: India’s Defence Export Diplomacy in the Global South
Archita Gaur Defence exports can complement India's broader engagement with developing countries through capacity building, training, development partnerships, and technology…
Pakistan’s Civil-Military Relations: Why the Army Became the State’s Anchor
Dr Mohmmad Rizwan It is vital to note that this rebirth was not spearheaded by the country's democratic and civilian institutions.…
AI as a Geopolitical Weapon: The New Arms Race Beyond Nuclear Deterrence
Divyanka Tandon Artificial intelligence inverts that logic entirely. It is usable, scalable, exportable, and improvable on a weekly release cycle…
Bridges to Nowhere? The Price of Navigating Nepal’s Twin Hegemons
Hridbina Chatterjee For Nepal, the classical image of a "yam between two boulders" has undergone a profound 21st-century transformation.
Multi-Alignment as India’s Foreign Policy Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
India's foreign policy of multi-alignment permits the state to engage in pragmatic interactions with various poles of power…
Ports, Pipelines and Power: China’s Expanding Footprint in the Indian Ocean
For the last two decades, Beijing has been systematically expanding its footprint in the Indian Ocean through a…
Capacity Building as Statecraft: Understanding the Strategic Significance of ITEC
Established in 1964 as part of India's broader technical cooperation framework, ITEC was conceptualised as a tool of…
UN Security Council Reform: Beyond the Riddle of Veto and Permanent Membership
Professor Dr. Bharat H Desai Many member states genuinely feel that the UN Charter does not reflect the realities of the 21st-century world.…