The Summit They Couldn’t Frame: How Foreign Media Covered BRICS 2026
Diksha Bharti For much of the West-led foreign press, the summit that actually took place seemed to matter less than…
The Illusions of Prestige: Why Western Tech Obsession is Failing the Atmanirbhar Test
Rajeev KS The current trajectory of the 'Make in India' program excels at building heavy, prestigious conventional platforms through monopolistic…
Re-Engineering the Maritime Sub-System: The Indian Ocean as a Multi-Node Arena
Hridbina Chatterjee The expansion of BRICS has fundamentally altered the geopolitical geometry of the Indian Ocean Region, transforming it from…
Manufacturing a Crisis: Disinformation, Impersonation, and the Contest Over the BRICS Summit 2026
The central argument is that the disinformation around BRICS 2026 was not spontaneous online noise but an event-anchored…
Chabahar at a Crossroads: Navigating India’s Eurasian Connectivity
Archita Gaur By developing alternative connectivity routes, India is seeking to reduce its dependence on corridors constrained by political adversaries…
The Displacement Equation: What Refugee Flow Data Reveals About Conflict, Climate, and the New Geography of Flight
Divyanka Tandon In 2025, for the first time on record, conflict overtook climate as the world's leading driver of forced…
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and the Search for Global Solidarity
Anjali Singh The significance of this speech from the point of view of international relations is that it attempts to…
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
Defence exports can complement India's broader engagement with developing countries through capacity building, training, development partnerships, and technology…