How India’s Oil Refining Power Balanced Global Inflation and Geopolitics
Balaji Subramanian From a minimal capacity in the 1990s, India became the world’s third-largest refiner with 254 MTPA by 2023,…
Peace for Profit: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Trump’s Nobel Calculus
Biswarup Baidya For more than thirty years, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been engaged in a bitter struggle over land, identity,…
The Impact of Western Sanctions on Russia’s Trade Flows: A Data-Driven Look at the Pivot to China, Surge with India, and Non-Western Realignment
Divyanka Tandon Russia’s trade geography has changed as a result of Western sanctions that have been in place since the…
Washington Talks: Europe Tries to Stay Relevant in the Ukraine Peace Process
Aayush Pal Talks in Washington focused on U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine and possible ceasefire terms, while European leaders also…
Optics Over Outcomes: The Trump–Putin Alaska Meeting and the Illusion of Breakthrough
Shashank Pandey A headline-grabbing meeting with a historic adversary provides instant rewards for an incumbent U.S. president keen to boost…
Germany Halts Military Exports to Israel Amid Gaza Concerns
Samarth Tripathi Berlin would "no longer authorise any exports of military equipment that could be used in the Gaza Strip…
TRIPP in the Caucasus: A Corridor of Opportunity or a Road to Vulnerability?
GeoBharatIntel TRIPP is primarily a U.S.-managed transit and trade corridor through Armenia’s Syunik province, linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan and…
Cloud Sanctions and Energy Security: How the Nayara–Microsoft Standoff Exposed India’s Digital Vulnerabilities
Abhinav Sharma Microsoft, wary of EU penalties, abruptly suspended Nayara’s access to cloud-based tools, paralysing communications and essential business operations…
From Westminster to Delhi: Should India Follow the UK in Lowering the Voting Age to 16?
Dr. Kavita Lalchandani & Megna Devkar A cautious, evidence-based approach beginning with local elections, a portfolio that poses the fewest risks, could unleash the…
A New Cold War? Analysing Trump’s Nuclear Submarine Deployment and Russia’s “Dead Hand” Threat
Vibha Hareesh The unfolding rhetoric of non-contact warfare, submarine patrols, and nuclear threats signifies a new form of hostility between…