Beyond Great-Power Rivalry: Can Africa Turn Strategic Competition into Resource Sovereignty?
Archita Gaur From the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s cobalt reserves to Zimbabwe’s lithium industry and Zambia’s copper sector, governments…
US Midterm Elections 2026: A Blue Tsunami Reshapes American Politics and Trump’s Presidency
Aayush Pal In a massive electoral outcome in the United States, President Donald Trump's Republican Party has suffered a major…
Midterms 2026: A Referendum on Trump’s Leadership
The midterm elections, held two years after President Donald Trump returned to the White House, are widely regarded…
Beyond Strategic Alignment: Structural Plateaus and Protectionism in Indo-Pacific Partnerships
Hridbina Chatterjee Strategic alignment, particularly within the Indo-Pacific framework and the Quad, is no longer automatically translating into preferential market…
Rubio’s India Visit: Energy, Trade and the Limits of American Pressure
Kumar Satish The visit highlights a central contradiction in contemporary American foreign policy: Washington seeks to pressure India over its…
Starlink, Ambani and Musk’s Glass House: The Politics of Billionaire Power
The controversy began with a series of posts on his social media platform, X, in which he questioned…
Russian Diesel for America, Sanctions for India: Washington’s Energy Contradiction
Following a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9, 2026, Trump announced that Russia would…
Xi in Washington, India in the Middle: What the Trump–Xi Summit Means for New Delhi
Divyanka Tandon The September 2026 state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington was more than a ceremonial meeting…
Xi Jinping in Washington: Can China and the US Move Beyond Confrontation?
The most significant development to emerge from the visit was that China and the United States extended their…
Conflict as Statecraft: Understanding Iran’s Strategic Culture and Anti-Americanism
Dr Mohmmad Rizwan Iran currently pursues a policy of rivalry with the United States and its regional allies.