South Asia’s Frozen Dream: Why SAARC Needs Realism, Not Rhetoric
There is a particular kind of courage required to speak inconvenient truths in the language of diplomacy. When Veena Sikri,…
Between Partnership and Precedent: Bangladesh Faces a Defining Moment in Its Relationship with India
As New Delhi recalibrates its “neighborhood first” doctrine, Dhaka must navigate defense engagement, border tensions, and the rule of law…
Prime Minister Takaichi’s Strategic Visit to Korea
Diplomacy in Northeast Asia is often defined by paradox, nations bound by shared security interests yet divided by historical grievances….
India’s Brics Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Polycentric Diplomacy In A Fractured World
The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting convened at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 14–15 May 2026 under India’s Chairship constitutes one…
First Stop Abu Dhabi: Modi Rewires The Gulf Strategy
UAE Air Force fighters rose to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft before it crossed into Emirati airspace on 15…
The Taliban’s Afghanistan Is Becoming an Ideological Police State
Nearly five years after returning to power, the Taliban are no longer merely an insurgent movement that seized control of…
India-Chile relations in the emerging multipolar order
In the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the architecture of international order undergoes a transformation of historic consequence. India,…
India-Caribbean Relations in the New Strategic Age
When External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar touched down in Kingston, Jamaica, on 2 May 2026, inaugurating a seven-day Caribbean…
GSP+: The Politics of Selective Enforcement and the Case of Pakistan
In April 2026, the European Union’s ambassador to Pakistan stated that the country’s access to GSP+ is “neither guaranteed nor…
Operation Sindoor: How Pakistan’s Counter-Strike Campaign Failed Against India’s Air-Defence Architecture
If the night of 7 May 2025 was the moment Pakistan’s narrative-makers seized on, the seventy-two hours that followed were…
