Between Ballots and Bayonets: Myanmar’s Controlled Transition in a Contested Indo-Pacific
Aayush Pal While the election process appeared democratic externally, it represents a strategic shift in governance, where the military operates…
ASEAN’s Tightrope Walk: Balancing Neutrality Amid West Asia’s Escalating War
Faareha Usmani For ASEAN, the primary concern remains the protection of civilians during times of conflict, and the bloc’s broader…
Securing the LAC: Countering Beijing’s Grey-Zone Tactics at the LAC
Hridbina Chatterjee The competition has now extended well beyond troop deployments, evolving into a contest over the resilience and survivability…
Between Security and Sovereignty: Japan’s Strategic Convergence with the United States
As Japan moves closer to the United States, it risks increasing its distance from regional actors such as…
From Distrust to Pragmatism: India’s Calculated Engagement with the Taliban
Mohmmad Rizwan India condemned Pakistan’s attacks on Afghan civilians, reflecting how its relationship with Taliban-led Afghanistan has shifted since 2021…
The Sovereign Siege: From NIA Crackdowns to the ‘Deep State’ Shadow in Northeast India
Pranav S Van Dyke exemplifies the post-Cold War Western ‘conflict entrepreneur’: ideologically motivated, institutionally credentialed, and structurally positioned to assist…
Debt, Dollar and Dependency: How Financial Architecture Keeps the Global South in Check
Daljeet Singh Ultimately, the story of debt, the dollar, and dependency is not solely about finance; it is about power,…
Iran’s Grand Strategy: From Revolutionary Isolation to Fragmented Warfare
Dhruv Ashok Through its ‘forward Defence doctrine’, Iran has supported regional proxies such as Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis and militias in…
Fault Lines of the Frontier: Tribal Loyalties and the New Pakistan–Afghanistan Tensions
Archita Gaur The Durand Line has neither been formally recognised by successive Afghan governments nor accepted as a legitimate international…
Mindfulness at the Frontier: India, Bhutan, and the Reimagining of the Himalayan Border
The Gelephu Gambit indicates a movement away from the conventional donor–recipient model of development towards more cooperative and…