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.
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"…
From Tiananmen to Growth: How Economic Performance Rebuilt the CCP’s Legitimacy
Dr Mohmmad Rizwan 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
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…
RELOS and India’s Expanding Strategic Horizon
SamvadaWorld Staff At its core, the agreement allows Indian and Russian forces to use each other’s military facilities for logistical…
How Global Media Framed Vladimir Putin’s India Visit: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese, Western and Pakistani Narratives
Diksha Bharti These divergent narratives reflect how India’s engagement with Russia shapes global perceptions of its diplomatic autonomy and its…
Macron’s China Visit: Recalibrating Europe’s Strategic and Economic Priorities
At a time when geopolitical rivalry and geo-economic differences between France, the European Union and China are increasing,…
India’s Constrained Autonomy: Economic Dependencies and Foreign Policy — A Data-Driven Analysis
Divyanka Tandon The data from 2014 to 2025 presents a paradox whereby, despite significantly expanding the GDP, with a near…