Central Asia’s Strategic Diversification: Deepening Business with Modi 3.0 and Trump 2.0 While Engaging China
Dr Lakshmi Karlekar & Tanishaa Pandey If India and the U.S. coordinate through IMEC and targeted sanction waivers while leveraging arbitration mechanisms like the…
Trust But Verify: Why Scepticism Remains a Key Factor in India-China Relations
Hridbina Chatterjee India viewed China's actions, the unilateral military mobilisation, the hostile aggression in Galwan Valley, and the violation of…
“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,…
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…
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…
Pakistan’s Internal Chaos: Protests, SCO Summit, and Kashmir Obsession Amid National Crises
Anjali Singh Ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit scheduled for October 15-16 in Islamabad. A huge explosion…
Power Tussle in the SCO – Is the Group Losing its Relevance?
Vaibhav Pal When India joined the SCO, it hoped to balance the grouping and convey the message that Central Asia…
India’s Strategic Diplomacy: PM Modi’s Absence from SCO Summit in Kazakhstan and Its Implications
Rohan Kumar V PM Narendra Modi will not attend the SCO Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3-4, 2024. Instead, India…