Deepening the Global South: India’s Strategic Engagement with Angola and Botswana
Hridbina Chatterjee The State Visit by President Droupadi Murmu to Angola and Botswana marks the first-ever visit by an Indian…
Reimagining International Relations: Building an India-Centric Theoretical and Strategic Framework
Archita Gaur This Sharp Scope issue explores the urgent need to reimagine IR from an India-centric perspective, grounded in civilisational…
From Periphery to Pivot: How India is Recasting Global Order in the 21st Century
Balaji Subramanian India has emerged as a pivotal actor in the Global South, leveraging its human capital, services sector, and…
How India’s Oil Refining Power Balanced Global Inflation and Geopolitics
From a minimal capacity in the 1990s, India became the world’s third-largest refiner with 254 MTPA by 2023,…
Rekindling South–South Solidarity: Modi’s Landmark Visit to Ghana
Shashank Pandey On the economic front, India and Ghana decided to double bilateral trade from the current around USD 3.3…
India’s Strategic Autonomy: Balancing Act in a Fragmented Multipolar World
India is emerging as a balancer in a multipolar, fragmented world, where it does not align fully with…
From Participation to Domination: How China Is Attempting to Shape New Security Narratives Through the Xiangshan Forum
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar & Tanishaa Pandey China is now striving to take the initiative, influence, and establish its channels for global discussion, especially by…
BRICS, Israel, and White Farmers: What’s Behind Trump’s Tough Stand on South Africa?
Aayush Pal South Africa’s key role in the Global South and BRICS, which challenges the U.S.-led world order, has created…
US withdrawal from UNHRC, WHO and Paris Accord: The State of Multilateralism under Trump 2.0
Bishwarupa Kar The withdrawal of the US sets a negative precedent for other countries as these withdrawals destroy global structures…
India’s Strategic Leadership in the Global South: Countering China’s Influence and Championing Development
This multilateral approach is designed to ensure that the voices of Global South countries are heard in international…