Opinion

The escalation of the U.S.–Iran conflict in early 2026 has transitioned from a localized security crisis to a systemic reset of the international economic order. This paper provides a comprehensive, …

Understanding Global Turbulence: Trends Impacting Emerging Global Order We meet at an unusual moment in history, not merely turbulent, not merely transitional, but unsettled at the level of first principles. …

The uncertainty surrounding India’s involvement in Iran’s Chabahar Port has once again made visible the vulnerability of India’s contemporary foreign policy and the desire for strategic autonomy in a scenario …

The 10th Joint Trade Committee meeting signals that two of the Global South’s most dynamic economies are finally matching ambition with action Something significant happened in Nairobi last week, and …

When the Blundell Hunter dropped anchor at Old Harbour Bay in 1845, its cargo was not sugar or spice — it was people. Indian indentured labourers, uprooted by circumstance and …

The recent visit of an Indian business delegation to China—after a freeze of more than five years—marks a quiet but meaningful reset in the economic angle of India–China relations. Organised …

The global shift in the security set-up has metamorphosed from kinetic to intangible digital domains. This vital shift has forced societies to reorient their horizons towards cybersecurity. No sector has …

How the US–Iran Confrontation Is Transmitting an Oil Shock Through Pakistan’s Economy — and Why the Region Cannot Afford to Look Away The escalating military and diplomatic confrontation between the …

On April 29, 2026, the United Arab Emirates formally terminated its 59-year membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The announcement, made in Abu Dhabi, was measured …

There is a striking irony embedded in India’s maritime history. The country sits astride the Indian Ocean, commands one of the world’s longest coastlines, and yet for decades has quietly …

A few years ago, while presenting India’s manufacturing ambitions under the ‘Make in India’ initiative to an international audience, I was asked a question that was both simple and disarming: …

The ongoing US-Iran war holds crucial lessons for India to sharpen its war-fighting capabilities, both in the short and long term. A few years ago, the Russia-Ukraine war gave the …

The India–Africa Forum Summit in 2026 cannot afford to be only ceremonial. The last two decades of India–Africa engagement were shaped by development partnership and energy security. The next phase …

The recent Mumbai knife attack, in which a 31-year-old man, Zaib Zubair Ansari, stabbed two security guards after allegedly asking them to recite the Kalma and attacking them when they …

In 1939, as the storm of World War II was gathering over Europe and Asia, the Neville Chamberlain government found itself overwhelmed while handling challenges in the nearby Mediterranean Sea …

On 31 May 2026, leaders from across Africa and India will gather in New Delhi, India, for the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit — the first such convening in over a …

American Primacy Unipolarity and Primacy are as crucial to Americans as Independence is to the Indians. A world without primacy is unthinkable for American citizens and their allies all over …

The Sahel region has faced multiple crises for decades, but it is far from a weakened area slipping into further turmoil. Terror groups are resurging and establishing the Sahel as …

India and Austria have significantly bolstered their bilateral partnership through high-level engagements in April 2026, yielding 15 concrete outcomes across defense, technology, trade, and innovation. These developments build on the …

With the recent US and Israeli attacks on, or expedition into, as some seem to call it, the two attackers of Iran have taken some serious risks. One of the …

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at a time of heightened instability, a fragile ceasefire, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in …