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…
How and Why Nigeria Turned Confrontation into Collaboration with the USA
Anshika Agarwal The vast oil reserves of Nigeria give it strategic importance, and the US National Security Strategy places a…
Merz’s China Visit: Resetting Economic and Strategic Ties
At the core of discussions with Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, was the…
Cross-Border Strikes and Hostage Threats Push Islamabad and Kabul Toward the Brink
Anjali Singh Pakistan’s cross-border airstrikes in Afghanistan during Ramadan and the Baloch Liberation Army’s hostage video have sharply escalated tensions,…
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,…
Another President impeached: Peru’s Leadership Crisis Continues
The immediate trigger for Jerí’s downfall was a scandal dubbed “Chifagate,” centred on secret, off-the-record meetings with Chinese…
Argentina Grinds to a Halt as Labour Reform Sparks Nationwide protest
Argentina has been thrust into political and economic turbulence as a sweeping labour reform introduced by President Javier…