Zapad-2025: Multi-Domain Manoeuvres and India’s Assertion of Strategic Autonomy
Piyush Anand The exercise blends battlefield experimentation with strategic messaging, showcasing Russian capabilities across land, air, cyber, and nuclear domains…
Between Brussels and Moscow: Moldova’s Election Exposes Deep Fault Lines
Aayush Pal Moldova has witnessed its parliamentary elections, an election closely watched in Brussels and in the West, as well…
Operation Midnight Hammer: Legality, Sovereignty, and the Collapse of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norms
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar & Tanishaa Pandey Under “Article 2(4) of the UN Charter”, member states are prohibited from using force against another state's territory…
“One Earth, One Home, One Future”: Tianjin Declaration and Beyond
Prof. Dr. Bharat H. Desai This refreshing SCO bonhomie in 2025, especially among the three principal global actors (China, India, Russia), underscores the…
Realism at Play: How India, China, and Russia Are Reshaping Global Power
Kabindra Sharma & Dr. Rippy Das The West’s monopoly on global affairs is fading fast. The RIC troika, shaped by trade wars, shifting alliances,…
Strategic Energy Economics: India’s Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Gains from Discounted Russian Oil
Daljeet Singh Discounted Russian oil lowered import costs, kept fuel prices stable, controlled inflation, and strengthened the rupee and forex…
Russia Launches Massive Drone Strike on Ukraine, Extensive Damage Prolongs Peace Process
Anshu Mishra Russia attacked Ukraine with 810 drones and decoys, while the Ukrainian Air Force stated that they were able…
Power and Priorities: Global Military Expenditure and Geopolitical Shifts, 2010–2024
Divyanka Tandon Defence budgets are not merely fiscal submissions; rather, they are strategic signals that depict security challenges faced by…
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,…
Beijing Military Parade – Signalling Alliances Beyond the US Sphere
Samarth Tripathi Diplomacy played out alongside the march past. Putin and Kim held talks on the sidelines, building on a…