Badr Memorandum: Emerging Defence-Industrial Partnership and Its Geopolitical Implications
Aayush Pal The memorandum seeks to expand cooperation in technical training, research and development, military production, and the broader defence-industrial…
Who Controls the Flow? Water, Power and the Future of South Asian Diplomacy
Archita Gaur The challenge is no longer limited to how much water countries receive, but increasingly concerns who controls the…
Rubio’s India Visit: Energy, Trade and the Limits of American Pressure
Kumar Satish The visit highlights a central contradiction in contemporary American foreign policy: Washington seeks to pressure India over its…
Coalition Politics Under Strain: Malaysia’s Perikatan Nasional Faces the Axe
Anjali Singh The cancellation of the registration of Perikatan Nasional (PN), the largest opposition coalition in Malaysia, due to disagreements…
Sovereignty vs. Human Rights: The Anojan Sivarasa Case Explained
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia’s move to quash the death penalty issued against Anojan Sivarasa, a migrant…
China’s One-China Policy Meets Resistance in Belize and Paraguay
The decision by China to impose sanctions against the foreign ministers of Belize and Paraguay over their diplomatic…
The Bay of Bengal: South Asia’s Emerging Frontier of Maritime Friction
Hridbina Chatterjee The Bay of Bengal occupies a central position at the receiving end of these cascading disruptions.
Xi in Washington, India in the Middle: What the Trump–Xi Summit Means for New Delhi
Divyanka Tandon The September 2026 state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington was more than a ceremonial meeting…
Xi’s Military Purge: What It Signals for China, India and Taiwan
China is simultaneously modernising its military, increasing pressure around Taiwan, expanding its military presence in the Indo-Pacific and…
Xi Jinping in Washington: Can China and the US Move Beyond Confrontation?
The most significant development to emerge from the visit was that China and the United States extended their…