Opinion

In May this year, three sets of news dominated headlines about India-Nepal ties. The first, Nepal’s new Prime Minister Balendra Shah-led government, objected to the India-China agreement on the Kailash …

Pakistan has administered the territory it calls Azad Jammu and Kashmir for more than seven decades under a governance model whose central contradiction has now become inescapable: Islamabad presents the …

The first serious backchannel talks, or Track-1.5 dialogues, between two countries began in 1987, when India was engaged in Operation Brasstacks, a massive war exercise by the Indian armed forces …

Russia’s war in Ukraine has transformed North Korea from China’s dependent buffer into a more autonomous strategic actor—weakening Beijing’s exclusive leverage and generating cascading security dilemmas across Northeast Asia. INTRODUCTION …

The unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) has entered a far more dangerous phase than earlier reported. What began as a ban on the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action …

For two and a half centuries, the story of great powers has been written in conquest, ideology, or coercion. Britain built its dominance on the backs of colonized peoples. America …

When Nigerians think of India, many do not think first of diplomacy, trade figures or official communiqués. They think of the Indian teachers who shaped their classrooms, the doctors who …

When Donald Trump urged Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords on a May 2026 conference call, the silence on the line was revealing. Pakistan’s …

A common sentiment across media commentary surrounding Marco Rubio’s recent visit to India was whether the QUAD had lost momentum and if Washington still viewed India as central to Indo-Pacific …

A senior Indian Armed Forces official once told me that citations are what make the world run. He did not simply mean footnotes. He was talking about the scholarship that …

In an unprecedented situation, ceasefire prospects have been further complicated, and the risks and regional anxiety of a complete collapse of the ceasefire or of the deal on the table …

The current US foreign policy is widely perceived as assaulting the USA’s global alliance system, adhering to President Donald Trump’s unhinged and vacuous distaste for alliance politics. The Trump administration’s …

India did not merely reject a communiqué. It rejected a pattern — and the world should pay attention. In June 2026, the European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas flew …

In the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhi in May 2026, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar strongly criticised unilateral sanctions, describing them as “unjustifiable” and inconsistent with international …

Guns have fallen silent at the Af-Pak border after deadly clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan, with only limited skirmishes. The ceasefire maintaining this silence at the border is fragile, …

In 2002, the Indian government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee embarked upon an ambitious National River Linking Project (NRLP) to interlink around 30 major rivers. The idea behind this …

For centuries, the dream of a navigable Arctic passage was the preserve of explorers willing to risk frostbite and oblivion. Today, that dream has become a geopolitical strategy. As climate …

The recent state visit of the Vietnamese President to India reflects the steady consolidation of India’s engagement with Southeast Asia. High-level exchanges with Vietnam, Indonesia and the Phillipines, India’s continued …

There is a particular kind of diplomatic signal that makes almost no noise and yet carries enormous weight. It does not come in the form of a joint communiqué or …

The India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came at a time when maritime uncertainty, regional conflict, and supply chain disruptions have transformed economic agreements into instruments of strategic resilience. India–Oman CEPA carries significance …

India’s Energy Diplomacy in an Age of War, Sanctions and Strategic Fragmentation Introduction: The Puzzle of the Non-Aligned Buyer In February 2026, under a framework agreement that cut American tariffs …