The Liberal Order Unravels: 2026 Opens on a Global Fault Line
Dr Nanda Kishor When rules are bent to the breaking point by those who wrote them, the incentive for others to…
The Silent Encirclement: How the Recalibrated ‘Pivot to Asia’ Is Reshaping India’s Neighbourhood
Nishant Kumar Hota and Ankit Jakhar India now stands at a crossroads where "Strategic Autonomy" is no longer an academic luxury but a survival…
K-4 (Kalam 4): From Symbolic Deterrence to India’s Credible Second-Strike at Sea
Piyush Anand The K-4 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, commonly referred to as Kalam 4, represents a significant technological advancement in India's…
The UN at a Crossroads: Electing the 10th Secretary-General in an Age of Turbulence
Prof. Dr. Bharat H. Desai Notwithstanding all the UN-bashing and personal targeting, the UNSG, as a diplomat par excellence, keeps reminding the UN…
2025 A Year of Geopolitical Turbulence and Global Realignment
Aayush Pal The year 2025 marked a decisive break from the assumptions that shaped the post–Cold War and post-globalisation eras.
From Extraction to Strategy: India and the New Geopolitics of Critical Minerals
Hridbina Chatterjee As the world pushes toward net-zero targets, the concentration of critical minerals resources has created a geopolitical "chokepoint"…
Air Pollution Beyond Seasons: A Data-Driven Global Comparison Through the Lens of Delhi
Divyanka Tandon The air quality index (AQI) yearly average score between 2020 to 2025 has consistently demonstrated that air quality…
State Patronage, Sectarian Mobilisation, and the Rise of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
Mohmmad Rizwan The recent violence perpetrated by the TLP illustrates the ineffectiveness of the Pakistani establishment's long-standing policy of supporting…
From Dialogue to Impact: The Strategic Realism of Global South 3.0
The global sovereign debt crisis has surpassed the "high-risk" warning phase and has become a localised problem for…
From Strategy to Sovereignty: Artificial Intelligence and the Race for Youth-Led Transformation in Central Asia
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar The absence of high-quality local language datasets needed to train Large Language Models (LLMs) could pose challenges to…