Japan’s Return to Strategic Centrality
Japan has reemerged as the Indo-Pacific’s most important stabilizing force. This is not the Japan of the 1990s, defined by…
India and Italy in the Indo-Mediterranean Era: From Resonance to Convergence
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged a specially crafted guitar with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome in May 2026,…
A Critical Analysis of the Kashmir Narratives in the May 2026 China-Pakistan Joint Statement
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s state visit to China from 23 to 26 May 2026 produced a joint statement that again…
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,…
Bridging the Baltic and the Indo-Pacific: India–Sweden Strategic Futures
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft touched down at Landvetter Airport in Gothenburg on the afternoon of 17 May 2026,…
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…
Xi Jinping’s Tibet: Authoritarianism at the Frontier
When Xi Jinping rose to power as Chinese Communist Party general secretary in 2012 and state president in 2013, he inherited…
The Dragon Tightens Its Coils: China’s Strategic Encirclement of India’s Eastern Flank
There is a peculiar arrogance embedded in the cartographic imagination of the People’s Republic of China — an arrogance rooted…
India and Norway in the age of Green geopolitics
In a historic move that sent ripples across the global strategic landscape, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway, Oslo…
Between Fjords and Himalayas: 3rd India–Nordic Summit in the Arctic Century
The elevation of India–Nordic relations to a “Trusted Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership” at the 3rd India–Nordic Summit in…
