Opinion

Recent developments have underscored for many countries the importance of robust nuclear energy programmes that can power the economy amid rapidly changing geopolitical dynamics. More specifically, there is considerable discussion …

As eleven BRICS economies adopted the New Delhi Declaration this week, India’s chairship offered a test case for a diplomatic model built less on picking sides than on refusing to …

India’s bilateral meeting with China on the sidelines of the recently concluded BRICS is largely seen as a reset in Indo-China ties. However, this ‘reset’ is not the full picture …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his opening address at the India-South Africa Business Leaders’ Roundtable to advance the responsible exploitation of the country’s critical and strategic minerals and the leveraging of India’s …

Winter used to announce itself in Nepal by the sound of rivers thinning and the familiar arithmetic of the Nepal Electricity Authority: generation falling as snow-fed streams recede, demand rising …

While the plenary produced a consensus New Delhi Declaration on resilience, innovation, UN reform, and counter-terrorism, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the gathering to lock in concrete defense, technology, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s three-day presence in New Delhi, India, last week, on the margins of the 18th BRICS Summit, was not a ceremonial reprise of an old friendship. It …

SCO, BRICS and the Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy 1. Introduction: The Puzzle of a Country That Refuses to Choose In a world splitting into rival camps, India remains in all …

After hectic back-channel negotiations in the shadows of conflict, power rivalry and tensions, India managed to secure consensus for a uniform declaration, a tightrope walk. A close look at the …

When leaders from eleven member states and a widening circle of partner countries gather at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi this September for the 18th BRICS Summit, they will be …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Fiji in 2014 was significant in Indian foreign policy, highlighting the growing importance of the South Pacific in India’s Act East Policy and …

India will host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi next week and has already set the tone by re-anchoring the acronym BRICS to mean “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation …

The upcoming 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, scheduled for 12–13 September 2026, will be a consequential test of whether an expanded BRICS can translate its political appeal into practical, …

For generations, our schoolchildren have stood before classroom walls and absorbed a quiet untruth. On the familiar Mercator world map, Africa looks modest, almost peripheral — roughly the size of …

The country has talent, data, clean energy and public digital rails. What it needs now is the will to build capability at population scale. Whether you are ready or not, …

India is transitioning from discussions to practical steps to enter the Arctic shipping sector, with plans to undertake its first cargo voyage. In August 2026, at the Arctic Regions Forum …

China watching is especially vulnerable to coincidences that look like signals. General Zhao Zongqi’s removal is a case in point. General Zhao Zongqi headed the Western Theatre Command during the 2020 crisis …

Ever since India decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance, Pakistan has launched a full- scale, propaganda- driven lawfare across various platforms, desperately trying to internationalize a bilateral …

Sergio Gor, the United States Ambassador to India, during his two-day maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh, stated a possible reconsideration of the travel advisory, taking note …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic from in August-September 2026 is significant for India’s renewed engagement with Central Asia. The visit included bilateral diplomacy …

In the 21st-century architecture of global governance, BRICS occupies a special place, even though it is an informal forum rather than a treaty-based organisation. Its evolution over the past two …