India’s interest lies not in replacing one centre of power with another, but in building an international system in which countries have more choices and the confidence to use them. The question after New Delhi The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi has moved the debate around the grouping beyond the familiar question of whether …
In the contemporary era, one could possibly argue that football has become more than just a sport. Historically rooted in the collective consciousness of the masses, the sport has long served as a potent mechanism for societal assertion, political resistance, and the consolidation of state power. It functions as a dynamic arena where macroeconomic shifts …
The Pahalgam terror attack did not merely provoke outrage. It exposed, yet again, the fragile fault line on which South Asian security rests: terrorism, nuclear deterrence, and interstate rivalry packed into one combustible geography. India’s response, through Operation Sindoor, was therefore not just an act of retaliation. It marked a strategic moment. One year later, …
The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit has largely been viewed through the lens of bilateral diplomacy. Much of the commentary focused on trade negotiations, regional tensions, and the state of India- U.S. relations. Yet doing so risks overlooking the more important story. …
The post-Cold War international order – built on the twin pillars of American unipolarity and liberal institutionalism – is unravelling with conspicuous speed. In its place, a more contested, multipolar architecture is emerging, one defined by systemic rivalry between the United States and China, the resurgence of a revanchist Russia, and the ascent of middle …
The world is not drifting toward disorder; it is already there. Wars, coercion, cyber attacks, supply-chain shocks, and climate stress are no longer separate crises but parts of the same unstable global landscape, and the Quad has emerged as one of the few serious attempts to answer that challenge. From Europe to the Indo-Pacific, conflict …
Background India’s relationship with Central Asia is not new. It is rooted in centuries of historical interaction, cultural exchanges, trade linkages and shared strategic interests. The five Central Asian countries i.e. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan occupy a vital position in the Eurasian region and hold growing strategic importance in India’s foreign policy framework. …
While the US-Israel-Iran crisis remains in an uneasy logjam with POTUS Donald J. Trump regularly issuing threats of unprecedented attacks while the Iranians exhibit their own form of belligerence riding on the back of years of regional hegemonic dominance, there is one two-bit player that has managed to insert itself in a space where it …
As the international system continues to grapple with the aftershocks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, strategic analysts increasingly draw parallels between Europe’s most destructive war since 1945 and rising tensions in the South China Sea. The analogy is imperfect, yet it is analytically instructive. The region’s accelerating militarisation, sharpening great-power rivalry, and high risk of …
The global debate over artificial intelligence governance has moved far beyond abstract ethical principles. What was once a conversation about voluntary guidelines and best practices has now evolved into a geopolitical contest over power, legitimacy, and technological sovereignty. Three forces dominate this emerging landscape: nation-states asserting regulatory authority, technology corporations defending operational autonomy, and international …
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