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    Beyond BRICS: The Quiet Birth of a Global South Defense Network

    by Colonel B.P Katju (Retd.) December 12, 2025
    by Colonel B.P Katju (Retd.) December 12, 2025

    When India and Brazil signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the maintenance of Scorpene-class submarines and other naval platforms, the announcement drew modest headlines. But the implications …

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    Pakistan’s Hybrid Field Marshal and the Democracy Imperative

    by Prateek Kapil December 11, 2025
    by Prateek Kapil December 11, 2025

    As the US cultivates the Pakistani hybrid regime and General Munir consolidates power inside the Pakistani polity, India needs to change tack quickly to highlight the ever-growing democratic deficit inside …

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    The 23rd Annual Bilateral Summit 2025: A Critical Assessment of President Putin’s India Sojourn

    by Chandra Rekha December 10, 2025
    by Chandra Rekha December 10, 2025

    The 23rd Annual bilateral summit between India and Russia was marked by a two-day visit by President Vladimir Putin to India on 04-05 December 2025. The visit also marked 25 …

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    The Modi Putin Hug: Rewriting Rules of Global Order

    by Sanjay Kumar Verma December 8, 2025
    by Sanjay Kumar Verma December 8, 2025

    When Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke established protocol on the evening of December 4, 2025 to personally receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac of Palam airbase, the gesture …

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    India-Russia Energy Ties Endure Amid Shifting Global Pressures

    by Vijay Kumar Dhar December 7, 2025
    by Vijay Kumar Dhar December 7, 2025

    During his 3-5 December 2025 visit to New Delhi, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed that energy cooperation with India remains a top priority. Standing beside Indian officials, he said Russia is ready …

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    Oil, Arms and Autonomy: Unpacking Putin’s India Visit

    by Aparna Gupta December 6, 2025
    by Aparna Gupta December 6, 2025

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi underscored that, in a fractured global order, the India–Russia axis is not relic but instrument: for New Delhi, a hedge on energy …

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    From Red Zones to Growth Corridors

    by Subir Sanyal December 5, 2025
    by Subir Sanyal December 5, 2025

    For decades, the map of India’s internal conflict has had a deep red stain over the forests of Chhattisgarh. In districts like Bastar, Sukma, and Bijapur, the Maoist insurgency has …

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    Why Putin’s Visit Matters: Rebalancing India’s Global Diplomacy

    by Kanwal Sibal December 4, 2025
    by Kanwal Sibal December 4, 2025

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India is essential for many reasons. At the bilateral level, it reiterates the importance both sides attach to their mutual ties. For India, …

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    A Region Held Hostage: How Maoist Violence Stole the Future of Bastar

    by Meera S. Joshi December 3, 2025
    by Meera S. Joshi December 3, 2025

    In the global imagination of revolution, Che Guevara stands as a conflicted, often distorted, symbol: a guerrilla who later governed, a militant who became a minister, a man who picked …

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    Fast, Green, Global: India’s Logistics Revolution

    by Arjun Mehta December 2, 2025
    by Arjun Mehta December 2, 2025

    India’s logistics sector is undergoing a quiet but powerful revolution—one that is reshaping how goods move across the country and how Indian industry connects with global markets. Drawing on the …

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    When Neighbors Become Lifelines: Operation Sagar Bandhu’s Deft Diplomacy

    by Aparna Gupta December 1, 2025
    by Aparna Gupta December 1, 2025

    The devastation wrought by Cyclone Ditwah on Sri Lanka in late November 2025 was sudden and brutal. Floodwaters surged, landslides buried homes, and countless lives were upended in moments. In …

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    Indian Economy Thriving Even Under Tariff Siege

    by Subir Sanyal November 30, 2025
    by Subir Sanyal November 30, 2025

    India’s economy grew by 8.2 per cent in the July-September quarter, the fastest in six quarters, even as Donald Trump’s tariffs battered its exports. This is no mere statistic. It …

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    Shifting Tectonic Plates: Japan-China Tensions and the Recalibration of the East Asian Order

    by Anushree Dutta November 26, 2025
    by Anushree Dutta November 26, 2025

    East Asia stands at a critical inflection point. While Japan and China engage in their sharpest diplomatic confrontation in years over Taiwan, India and China are quietly normalizing relations after …

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    Johannesburg G20 Summit: Continuity for Global South

    by Sanjay Kumar Verma November 25, 2025
    by Sanjay Kumar Verma November 25, 2025

    The recent G20 Summit in Johannesburg, hosted by South Africa from November 22 to 23, marked a pivotal moment in global diplomacy, especially as it was the first time the …

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    Act East Reloaded: How India’s BrahMos Diplomacy Is Redefining Southeast Asia

    by Subhadeep Bhattacharya November 25, 2025
    by Subhadeep Bhattacharya November 25, 2025

    India’s relations with Southeast Asia have evolved with time, from economic collaboration under the Look East Policy of the 1990s to strategic and security cooperation at the turn of the …

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    Quiet Coup: Pakistan’s Constitutional Regression

    by Kartiki Randhawa November 24, 2025
    by Kartiki Randhawa November 24, 2025

    The promotion of General Asim Munir to the newly established role of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and the concurrent awarding of the honorary title of Field Marshal signify a …

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    From Voice of the Global South to Architect of the Future: India’s Moment at Johannesburg

    by Subir Sanyal November 23, 2025
    by Subir Sanyal November 23, 2025

    For the first time in its quarter-century existence, the G20 convened on African soil, a fact that in another era might have felt like a footnote and now reads more …

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    The Hump, the Tigers, and the Country That Time Forgot

    by Nirupama Rao November 22, 2025
    by Nirupama Rao November 22, 2025

    In the northeastern corner of India, where the Brahmaputra slows and spreads before it begins its long descent to the delta, there is a museum that few outside the region …

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    The Quiet Architect: India’s Centrality in the Indo Pacific

    by Sanjay Kumar Verma November 21, 2025
    by Sanjay Kumar Verma November 21, 2025

    Two developments this week have offered a revealing window into the strategic shifts taking place across the Indo-Pacific. In Washington, a bipartisan resolution titled ‘Recognizing the Strategic Value of the …

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    From LNG to Innovation: The Expanding India-Qatar Synergy

    by Arjun Mehta November 18, 2025
    by Arjun Mehta November 18, 2025

    Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s recent visit to Qatar in November 2025 represents a significant milestone in the deepening of bilateral relations between the two nations, building on …

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    When 2025 Turned Up the Heat, India Turned Up Its Outreach

    by Rishi Gupta November 17, 2025
    by Rishi Gupta November 17, 2025

    On November 11, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to Thimphu, the capital city of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Prime Minister Modi joined the people of …

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