When the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) admitted India and Pakistan simultaneously at its June 2017 Astana summit, the official narrative was institutional maturity – a body confident enough to expand. A closer reading of what each founding power stood to gain suggests something layered. The two admissions fit the interests of Moscow and Beijing so …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 2026 visit to the United Arab Emirates took place at a particularly sensitive geopolitical moment. The ongoing tensions surrounding the U.S.–Iran confrontation, instability in the Gulf, threats to maritime routes, and uncertainty regarding the future regional order transformed the visit from a routine diplomatic engagement into a strategic signal. However, …
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