The 5th Meeting of the BIMSTEC National Security Chiefs, held in New Delhi in July 2026, highlighted the growing importance of intelligence and security cooperation in the Bay of Bengal region. This article examines the significance of the ...
Low-intensity conflicts (LICs) have become a persistent feature of South Asia’s security landscape, operating below the threshold of conventional warfare while sustaining long-term instability across the region. This article examines the ro...
With the New START Treaty set to expire in 2026, global arms control faces a critical moment marked by great-power rivalry and institutional stagnation. The middle powers, particularly India, Japan, and Brazil, now hold significant potentia...
IUU Fishing is an abbreviated form of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing, characterised by fishing in a particular region without taking permission from the Authority, thus evading rules and regulations meant for the safeguard of ...
Water is not only just a source of life but also been a source of cooperation and conflict between the states in South Asia. It can be observed particularly in the Asia continent where the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) signed in 1960 between In...
I. Introduction: Operation Sindoor, India’s coordinated tri service strike against terrorism infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan administered Kashmir on 7–10 May 2025, marked a pivotal escalation in India–Pakistan relations. ¹ Although ...
This paper examines the emerging dynamics of trilateral cooperation between China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in South Asia, exploring its potential to reshape the region’s geopolitical balance and challenge India’s traditional hegemony. By a...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's rotating chairmanship was handed over to India last year in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. India will be presiding over the SCO grouping till September 2023. From being an observer state in 2005 to full membe...
The ranked top country for tourism in 2019 by Lonely Planets, Sri Lanka is no less than a delight and a must-have country on your travel list with its vast meadows, its timeless temples, its rich and accessible wildlife, its growing surf sc...
For India, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) presents an exceptional opportunity in forwarding its major foreign policy goals of ‘Neighbourhood first’ and ‘Act East. The geostrategi...
President Biden’s announcement to withdraw the US troops comes at a time when an imminent threat of a military takeover has made Kabul helpless and vulnerable. The US foreign policy in the war-torn state had comprised of security as well as...
Why do we need QUAD? This question thematizes the main concern of this article. The role of QUAD in the international community is necessary to be understood. The objectives should be aligned in comparison to the need and requirements of th...
