Netravati to Nile: Local Rivers, Global Stakes—From Lifelines to Strategic Leverage
Tejashree P V Rivers may be local in origin, but their consequences are global, and safeguarding them is fundamental to ecological…
Innovation or Irrelevance: Why National Power Now Depends on Reinvention
Amit Dasgupta & Uma Sudhindra The survival imperative lies at the core of the ‘innovate or perish’ dictum, and is based on the…
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…
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…
Borrowed Shields, Vulnerable Skies: The Strategic Cost of India’s Air Defence Dependence
Imported defence systems often function as ‘black boxes,’ making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to modify seekers,…
From Imports to Indigenous Power: A Data-Driven Analysis of India’s Defence Procurement and Modernisation (1990–2025)
In the last 35 years, the Indian defence sector has experienced a spectacular metamorphosis, moving from a military…
India’s Constrained Autonomy: Economic Dependencies and Foreign Policy — A Data-Driven Analysis
The data from 2014 to 2025 presents a paradox whereby, despite significantly expanding the GDP, with a near…
Reconstituting Political Ethics: A Decolonial Reading of PM Modi’s Duty-Centric Governance Paradigm
Dr Nanda Kishor The shift from Rajpath to Kartavya Path represents a decisive symbolic break from colonial glorifications of power, restoring…