From Extraction to Strategy: India and the New Geopolitics of Critical Minerals
Hridbina Chatterjee As the world pushes toward net-zero targets, the concentration of critical minerals resources has created a geopolitical "chokepoint"…
State Patronage, Sectarian Mobilisation, and the Rise of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
Mohmmad Rizwan The recent violence perpetrated by the TLP illustrates the ineffectiveness of the Pakistani establishment's long-standing policy of supporting…
From Strategy to Sovereignty: Artificial Intelligence and the Race for Youth-Led Transformation in Central Asia
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar The absence of high-quality local language datasets needed to train Large Language Models (LLMs) could pose challenges to…
Brewing Storms in the Bay of Bengal: Bangladesh, Radicalisation, and New Delhi’s Strategic Concern
Pritam Sarbabidya Bangladesh today poses a qualitatively different challenge to India, one that cannot be clubbed with New Delhi’s experiences…
Beyond Optics: Why Modi’s Visits to Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman Matter for India’s Long Game
Dr Nanda Kishor The 3 visits reflect a deliberate, calibrated push: India is not merely reacting to regional churn but shaping…
Mob Rule and Moral Collapse: Bangladesh’s Broken Transition
Shrivara Mahajan The present crisis in Bangladesh can be traced back to the July upheaval of 2024, when student demonstrations…
From Tiananmen to Growth: How Economic Performance Rebuilt the CCP’s Legitimacy
The social contract established post-Tiananmen massacre indicates that the current Communist regime cannot derive its legitimacy solely from…
From Frozen Frontier to Geopolitical Fault Line: Russia, China and the New Arctic Order
Raghvendra Tripathi The closure of European markets, combined with Western oil companies’ investment cuts, has forced Moscow to depend on…
The Thailand-Cambodia Conflict and the Unravelling of ASEAN’s Regional Order
Aayush Pal The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping consisting of 11 countries in Southeast…
Indian Subcontinent’s New Faultline: Bangladesh Eyes China-Pakistan Bloc, Sidelining India
Parag Gilada Bangladesh’s recent openness to a China–Pakistan regional initiative, excluding India, signals a subtle but consequential shift in Dhaka’s…