The Silent Encirclement: How the Recalibrated ‘Pivot to Asia’ Is Reshaping India’s Neighbourhood
Nishant Kumar Hota and Ankit Jakhar India now stands at a crossroads where "Strategic Autonomy" is no longer an academic luxury but a survival…
The UN at a Crossroads: Electing the 10th Secretary-General in an Age of Turbulence
Prof. Dr. Bharat H. Desai Notwithstanding all the UN-bashing and personal targeting, the UNSG, as a diplomat par excellence, keeps reminding the UN…
2025 A Year of Geopolitical Turbulence and Global Realignment
Aayush Pal The year 2025 marked a decisive break from the assumptions that shaped the post–Cold War and post-globalisation eras.
Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland – Shifting Balance of Power in the Horn of Africa
The Somali President has described Israel’s action as a blatant violation of Somalia’s sovereignty. Arab partners, including Qatar,…
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"…
Israel-Greece-Cyprus Trilateral: Consolidating Eastern Mediterranean Unity Amid Turkish Assertiveness
The summit aimed to strengthen cooperation, and the three countries agreed to deepen further collaboration in the fields…
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 Dialogue to Impact: The Strategic Realism of Global South 3.0
The global sovereign debt crisis has surpassed the "high-risk" warning phase and has become a localised problem for…
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…
Security Without Illusions: America’s Interest-Based Turn and India’s Strategic Calculus
SamvadaWorld Staff The United States’ National Security Strategy (NSS), released in November 2025, represents a decisive shift toward a sharply…