Manipur’s Crisis and India’s Crossroads: Ethnicity, Security, and the Act East Challenge
John T Guite and Vinay N Bhushan While it cannot be denied that the North East Indian states, primarily Manipur, serve as the launching pad…
Optics Over Outcomes: The Trump–Putin Alaska Meeting and the Illusion of Breakthrough
Shashank Pandey A headline-grabbing meeting with a historic adversary provides instant rewards for an incumbent U.S. president keen to boost…
NATGRID: India’s Data-Driven Shield Against Terror
Piyush Anand NATGRID is India's intelligence system connective tissue, guaranteeing that important information is not left bottled up in silos…
India’s Quest for Digital Sovereignty: Lessons from the Nayara–Microsoft Standoff
Dhruv Ashok When a company gets registered and functions in India, India provides its sovereign cover. However, a foreign company…
Building Digital Self-Reliance: India Stack and the Quest for Sovereignty
Raghvendra Tripathi The India Stack, a group of digital public goods (DPGs) such as Aadhaar, UPI, Digi Locker, ONDC, and…
Battlegrounds by Proxy: Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon in the Crosshairs of Regional Rivalries
Daljeet Singh Proxy warfare in the Middle East allows powerful states and non-state actors to advance interests through local allies,…
Mapping the Decline of U.S. Hegemony: A 25-Year Data-Centric Analysis of Multipolarity
Divyanka Tandon A central conclusion is that U.S. hegemonic decline is less a matter of absolute loss of capability and…
Pranav S TRIPP in the Caucasus: A Corridor of Opportunity or a Road to Vulnerability?
GeoBharatIntel TRIPP is primarily a U.S.-managed transit and trade corridor through Armenia’s Syunik province, linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan and…
The Enduring U.S. Obsession with Pakistan: A Strategic Tool Against India?
Aayush Pal While the U.S. champions the rule of law, its interests in Pakistan often lead it to deal with…