Balancing Strategic Interests and Realpolitik: Assessing Modi’s Israel Visit
Anshika Agarwal Modi’s visit signalled a renewed commitment to enhance cooperation between India and Israel in innovation, trade and defence.
From SAGAR to MAHASAGAR: Recalibrating India’s Maritime Security Architecture in the Indian Ocean Region
Hridbina Chatterjee By 2026, India’s strategic response has evolved from the foundational SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the…
After Tehran: India’s Strategic Stakes in a Shaken West Asia
Dr Nanda Kishor From a game theory perspective, the crisis can be understood as a multi-player strategic interaction under conditions of…
From Trade to Strategy: The Deepening Arc of India–Malaysia Partnership
Faareha Usmani The continued bilateral collaboration and collective participation in multilateral partnerships will further contribute to fostering regional cooperation and…
Surviving in the Dark: How North Korea Turned Nuclear Crisis into Strategic Stability
Anusreeta Dutta The main question is not whether North Korea is no longer important in geopolitics, but whether the international…
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…
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…
The Himalayan Tightrope: Countering Third-Party Influence through Integrated Development and Connectivity
Landlocked states of Nepal and Bhutan are compelled to balance the competing interests of major powers, most notably…