Strategic Diversification: Dimensions of India- New Zealand Relations
With Prime minister Narendra Modi of India making his first state visit to New Zealand, stakes and expectations are high in enhancing the bilateral…
India, Kuwait and the Making of Indo-Gulf Strategic Arc in an Era of Geopolitical Transition
A Minister in a Burning Gulf The Gulf entered the summer of 2026 as the epicentre of global anxiety. Iranian…
EAM Dr. Jaishankar’s July 2026 Manama Visit and the Consolidation of India’s Gulf Strategy
When External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar arrived in Manama on 6 July 2026, the second destination of a Gulf…
India and Qatar: Civilisational Affinity, Strategic Trust and Humanitarian Diplomacy
Long before the vocabulary of strategic partnership entered the lexicon of modern diplomacy, the waters of the Arabian Sea had…
Jakarta Moment: India, Indonesia and the New Geometry of Indo-Pacific
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia from 6 to 8 July 2026 marks the moment at which the India-Indonesia…
Bangladesh’s Strategic Recalibration: The Strategic Logic of Tarique Rahman’s First Foreign Visits
On 21 June 2026, four months after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a commanding two-thirds parliamentary majority, Prime Minister Tarique…
Beyond Bali-Nalanda Bonhomie: Emerging Contours of India-Indonesia Relation
India’s Prime minister, Narendra Modi’s forthcoming visit to Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic country, is pivotal as it is poised to…
India and Japan: Bound by History, Driven by Strategy
On the afternoon of 2 July 2026, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Japan’s Sanae…
Security without trust- Pakistan’s Hard State and the Limits of International Credibility
On June 22, 2026, an anti-terrorism court in Quetta sentenced Mahrang Baloch, one of Pakistan’s most internationally recognized human rights…
China’s Multi‑Vector Pressure on Japan Demands a Unified Response
China’s Communist Party is waging a sustained pressure campaign against Japan that is as relentless as it is multifaceted. Through…
