Why the Makkah Pact Will Collapse Under Its Own Weight
An Indian strategic reading of the Saudi Arabia–Pakistan–Türkiye Joint Defence Agreement On 7 August 2026, in the sacred precinct of…
Reforming the United Nations
Today the United Nations is facing a crisis of multilateralism. In dealing with security, humanitarian and development crises that are…
Seven Years On, Is the Future Still Asian?
Parag Khanna’s book opens with a tidy triptych: the nineteenth century was Europeanized, the twentieth Americanized, and the twenty-first, he…
Indian Education System and Democratic Political Reform
Since India’s education system has undergone significant changes in the recent past to meet the changing needs of students, Indian…
The PoJK Question: Elections, Legitimacy and the Crisis of Representation
In August 2026 an election in Muzaffarabad measured not the will of a people but the distance between a state…
Xi’s Bargain in Delhi – Borders for Reincarnation
With Xi Jinpings expected arrival in India for the BRICS summit looming, the choreography of diplomacy will mask a deeper…
Alternative Masculinities in Gen-Z’s Protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) not only challenged a government that had failed its students. It quietly refused the dominant idea…
Beijing’s Bid to Control Faith
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long seen religion not as a matter of conscience but as a potential rival…
Taiwan and Japan: A Strategic Defence Imperative
The prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is no longer a remote contingency. It is a scenario openly rehearsed…
The CCP’s Superpower Ambition: Wealth, Arms, and the Weight of Reality
China’s Communist Party (CCP) has long envisioned a future where the nation stands shoulder to shoulder with — or above…
