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,…
Structural, Strategic, Future-Oriented: PM Modi’s Japan Visit Redefines Bilateral Ties
Tejashree P V Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Japan has reaffirmed that India–Japan relations are no longer symbolic; they are structural,…
Equal or Nothing: Why America Must Respect India’s Rise
Dr Nanda Kishor What Washington often fails to understand is that India is not merely a rising economy or a military…
SCO Summit in Tianjin: Multipolarity in Motion
Raghvendra Tripathi The 2025 SCO Summit in Tianjin, China, is especially notable given the current rise in global tensions. It…
Tianjin Calculus: PM Modi’s Balancing Act Between Xi, Trump, and Strategic Autonomy
Pritam Sarbabidya Geopolitics is about shades of grey, where a nation’s strategic autonomy is not the absence of relationships but…
The Dragon and the Elephant Tango – India–China Strategic Alignment in the Shadow of Trump’s Tariff Hegemony
Sindhuri Sai Trump’s tariff war, intended to isolate China and pressure India, instead pushed the two Asian rivals into a…
Weaponising the Brahmaputra: Medog Dam and China’s Hydropower Leverage
Medog grants China the ability to shape outcomes in India’s Northeast and Bangladesh without firing a shot. For…
Online Gaming Regulation: Why India’s Crackdown on Online Betting Was Overdue
Samarth Tripathi The law was necessary to protect minors, curb predatory practices, and address rising cases of gambling addiction, indebtedness,…
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…
Beyond Retaliation: How India Can Rewire Its Economy Amid U.S. Trade Pressures
Kautilya gives us the grammar for this task. Power (śakti) has three strands — Prabhu-śakti (sovereign/financial power), Prabhāva-śakti…