India and the Taliban: From Reluctant Engagement to Strategic Assertion
Garima Sharma Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi is on a five-day visit to India. Before arriving, he participated…
Track II Diplomacy in Crisis: How the Asia Cup 2025 Exposed the Fragility of India-Pakistan Cricket Ties
Kabindra Sharma & Dr. Rippy Das Cricket has always been more than just a game between India and Pakistan; it carries the weight of…
Pasni Port Proposal: A New Frontline in U.S.–China–India Strategic Rivalry
Aayush Pal By inviting competing powers into its territory, Pakistan risks becoming a geopolitical battleground rather than reaping long-term national…
Zapad-2025: Multi-Domain Manoeuvres and India’s Assertion of Strategic Autonomy
Piyush Anand The exercise blends battlefield experimentation with strategic messaging, showcasing Russian capabilities across land, air, cyber, and nuclear domains…
The Iran–Israel Shadow War: Mapping the Undercurrents of a Covert Confrontation
Daljeet Singh The Iran-Israel confrontation does not often manifest as actual combat. Instead, it is buried in the undercurrents of…
Artificial Intelligence and Human Security: Between Promise and Peril
John Guite While policymakers and researchers continue to debate solutions, the transformative force likely to address many of these human…
Ladakh Unrest and the Security Imperative: Why Statehood Is Not a Concession to Orchestrated Protests
Tejashree P V Granting full statehood to Ladakh at present would carry strategic, governance, and social risks that outweigh the political…
Operation Midnight Hammer: Legality, Sovereignty, and the Collapse of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norms
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar & Tanishaa Pandey Under “Article 2(4) of the UN Charter”, member states are prohibited from using force against another state's territory…
From Conflict to Coalition? The Arab Military Alliance and the Gaza Question
The purpose of this ‘Arab NATO’is to synchronise Arab armies and create political stability, while unifying the Arab…
From Strategic Convergence to Tariff Confrontation: The Arc of India–U.S. Relations, 1947–2025
Balaji Subramanian The India–U.S. relationship since 1947 has not been a straight line but an irregular arc, evolving from early…