Innovation or Irrelevance: Why National Power Now Depends on Reinvention
Uma Sudhindra The survival imperative lies at the core of the ‘innovate or perish’ dictum, and is based on the…
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.
The Age of Middle Powers 2.0
Diksha Bharti A new generation of middle powers led by India, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, the UAE and South Koreais…
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"…
Air Pollution Beyond Seasons: A Data-Driven Global Comparison Through the Lens of Delhi
Divyanka Tandon The air quality index (AQI) yearly average score between 2020 to 2025 has consistently demonstrated that air quality…
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…
Brewing Storms in the Bay of Bengal: Bangladesh, Radicalisation, and New Delhi’s Strategic Concern
Pritam Sarbabidya Bangladesh today poses a qualitatively different challenge to India, one that cannot be clubbed with New Delhi’s experiences…
Beyond Optics: Why Modi’s Visits to Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman Matter for India’s Long Game
Dr Nanda Kishor The 3 visits reflect a deliberate, calibrated push: India is not merely reacting to regional churn but shaping…
Borrowed Shields, Vulnerable Skies: The Strategic Cost of India’s Air Defence Dependence
Piyush Anand Imported defence systems often function as ‘black boxes,’ making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to modify seekers,…
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…