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
Anshika Agarwal 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
Hridbina Chatterjee Landlocked states of Nepal and Bhutan are compelled to balance the competing interests of major powers, most notably…
Chagos, Seychelles, and Malaysia: India’s Maritime Strategy in a Contested Indo-Pacific
Aayush Pal The India–Seychelles relationship is strategically important because Seychelles, located in the southwestern Indian Ocean near the African continent,…
India–France Special Global Strategic Partnership: Recasting Bilateral Ties for a Multipolar World
Lipun Kumar Sanbad The transition to a Special Global Strategic Partnership is an indicator that both nations are interested in making…
Why the U.S.–Bangladesh Deal is not likely to Shake India’s Textile Edge?
Under recent arrangements, Bangladeshi exports face a 19% reciprocal tariff, while India secured a slightly lower 18% rate,…
The Digital Divide: Europe’s Compliance, America’s Speech, and India’s Calibrated Path
Given their massive scale, vast reach, and influence over global information flows, tech companies have begun to function…
From Periphery to Pivot: The Strategic Reinvention of India’s Northeast
Anusreeta Dutta The Northeast's change from a remote border area to a diplomatic centre shows how India's foreign policy priorities…