Foreign Aid or Strategic Influence? Examining USAID’s Operations in India
Pranav S & Vadiraja B USAID's aid operations in India have long been scrutinised—are they aimed at development or serving U.S. geopolitical interests?…
Bangladesh at the Crossroads: How Extremism and Foreign Intervention Are Undermining Its Future
Satish Chogule Rather than playing to its strength, Bangladesh now finds itself torn in a tornado of extremism and foreign…
India’s Silent Sentinel: Enhancing Underwater Domain Awareness for a Secure Indo-Pacific
Shrivara Mahajan Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) emerged as a priority area since it deals with technologies and strategies to monitor…
India, the US and the Future: Decoding the Modi-Trump Summit
Aayush Pal Modi and Trump’s meeting strengthened U.S.-India ties, focusing on trade, defence, and strategic cooperation.
India-France Ties Reach New Heights: A Strategic Perspective
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France from February 10 to 12, 2025, was more than just a…
Russia’s Resilience: How the West’s Sanctions Are Being Eclipsed Through Eastern Alliances
The Russian economy has managed to persist, supported by evasion tactics and a strategic shift towards stronger economic…
China’s New Military City: A Symbol of Strategic Ambition Amid Global Rivalries
Shashank Pandey The facility’s unprecedented scale suggests that Beijing envisions a future where military power is not solely measured by…
Neo-Colonialism in Post-Colonial Territories: A Case Study of Central Asia’s Great Power Rivalry
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar The zenith of Russian domination is now convened with new strategic players like China and the United States,…
The Carrot of Investment, The Stick of Dependency: China’s Debt Trap Game
Neocolonisation is a practice through which big countries tend to have an indirect influence over the smaller countries…
The ‘New Great Game’: Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Rivalries in Central Asia
The battle for control of the Caspian Basin’s enormous oil resources, which includes billions of dollars and significant…