Opinion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek carried significance well beyond the optics of another India-Russia …

Dhaka has increasingly allowed the Hasina issue to become the lens through which the entire relationship with India is viewed. That is strategically problematic for Bangladesh because it has enormous …

After months of exhausting all options and with limited impact from Operation Economic Fury on Iran, the US now appears to be launching a full-scale economic offensive against Iran to …

If a container ship is scheduled to sail from either Port Klang or Singapore to Turkey, its route is relatively straightforward and based on shipping timetables, transshipment time windows, Bab …

The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on 07 August 2026 marks an important development in the changing security architecture of West Asia. …

Outlining India’s vision for its 2026 BRICS Chairmanship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, held in July 2025, underlined …

From strategic reserves to green ammonia, a changing geopolitical landscape is reshaping bilateral cooperation. Less than a year after Prime Minister Modi travelled to Tokyo to meet then Prime Minister Ishiba, the …

Trade, transit and trust were the key components that made the agenda of External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar’s recently concluded visit to Moscow for the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission …

Tariq Rahman’s India visit cancellation, ambiguity over BRICS, and hard push for Hasina’s extradition are nothing more than a simple domestic position-strengthening exercise that almost every Bangladesh Prime Minister from …

Political trust is already in place. The next phase should turn it into factories, technology partnerships, viable transport links and stronger connections between Central and South Asia. India and Uzbekistan …

India and China are often described as the two great civilisational powers of Asia, two of the world’s largest countries and increasingly important poles in a changing international order. All …

A sudden wall of water and debris tore through Nepal’s northern border district of Rasuwa on August 26. A reminder that echoes: The high-altitude Himalayan states of South Asia stand …

The emerging alignment among China, Türkiye and Pakistan is increasingly linking the security dynamics of South Asia, the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean. For New Delhi, these developments underscore the …

On a wall map of Indian petroleum history, one pin sits earlier and darker than all the rest: Digboi, in upper Assam, where the country’s first oil well was drilled …

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s Beijing visit for the 25th round of India–China Special Representatives’ (SR) talks marked a vital milestone in boundary diplomacy, bringing engagement back to its highest …

The relationship between India and Nepal has long been described through the lens of Roti-Beti; a civilizational bond of open borders, shared cultural heritage, and deep family ties. Yet, across South …

India and Egypt are moving beyond ceremonial friendship toward a consequential strategic alignment. As New Delhi chairs BRICS in 2026, a more purposeful Cairo–Delhi partnership can help turn the Global …

I.  Introduction No religion appears anywhere in India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. That has not stopped five months of claims that it amounts to one: a US congressman …

In an era defined by global friction and shifting geopolitical alignments, the enduring friendship between India and Bhutan stands out as a rare beacon of mutual trust, deep economic integration, …

India prepares for the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi next month, the timing of which carries immense significance. It is being held amid crisis-ridden international relations entering an era …

Pakistan is in a state of poly-crises and is hardly managing it, or rather, crushing and diverting attention by playing survival geopolitics with slim substance. On the economic and security …