From Aid Recipient to Agenda Setter: India’s Development Diplomacy in Africa and the Indo-Pacific
Daljeet Singh India’s development diplomacy is characterised by partnership-based engagement, making it an agenda-setter that presents an alternative to the…
Law as Gender Apartheid: How the Taliban’s New Penal Code Is Engineering the Erasure of Afghan Women
Dr. Muktha L S Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where girls over the age of 12 are systematically…
Digital Currency Wars: The Battle Reshaping Global Finance
Raghvendra Tripathi The expansion of CBDC initiatives suggests that the future monetary system will likely be multipolar rather than dominated…
The Himalayan Tightrope: Countering Third-Party Influence through Integrated Development and Connectivity
Hridbina Chatterjee Landlocked states of Nepal and Bhutan are compelled to balance the competing interests of major powers, most notably…
Chagos, Seychelles, and Malaysia: India’s Maritime Strategy in a Contested Indo-Pacific
Aayush Pal The India–Seychelles relationship is strategically important because Seychelles, located in the southwestern Indian Ocean near the African continent,…
India–France Special Global Strategic Partnership: Recasting Bilateral Ties for a Multipolar World
Lipun Kumar Sanbad The transition to a Special Global Strategic Partnership is an indicator that both nations are interested in making…
The Hormuz–Geneva Equation: Diplomacy at the Table, Deterrence at Sea
Anjali Singh By combining overt military threats with diplomatic openness, the US posture reflects a compellence strategy, where threats aim…
Hindu Representation, Jamaat Gains and India’s Watchful Eye After Bangladesh’s Election
For New Delhi, minority safety in Bangladesh remains a core diplomatic concern, and the presence of Hindu MPs…
BNP’s Return to Power: Bangladesh’s Political Shift and the Emerging Challenge for India
While PM Modi has congratulated BNP and Tarique Rahman for the win, it is to be noted that…
Jamaat-e-Islami’s Revival in Bangladesh: Electoral Politics, Islamism, and Challenges for India
Mohmmad Rizwan Increasing religious radicalisation may render borders with India susceptible to incursions by religious extremist factions, drug traffickers, and…