The United Nations was established in 1945 with the ambitious goal of preserving international peace, promoting collective security, and preventing future global conflicts. For decades, it has served as the primary forum for diplomacy, conf...
For much of its modern strategic history, India has viewed security through a predominantly continental lens, focusing on land borders and territorial challenges. Yet India's geography tells a different story. With more than 7,500 kilometre...
The consequences of major conflicts are rarely confined to the regions in which they occur. While the US–Iran conflict is centred in the Middle East, its effects have already begun to reverberate across distant regions through disrupted sup...
The expansion of BRICS marks one of the most significant developments in contemporary global politics, reflecting the growing influence of emerging powers and increasing dissatisfaction with Western-dominated international institutions. Wit...
India’s assumption of the BRICS 2026 chairmanship comes at a critical geopolitical moment marked by intensifying U.S.–China rivalry, expanding BRICS+ membership, and growing demands for a more multipolar international order. While the platf...
The contemporary international system is widely described as moving toward multipolarity, driven by the rise of China, Russia’s strategic assertiveness, and the growing influence of middle powers. Yet beneath these visible shifts, the insti...
The West Asia region has fostered complex geopolitical tactics coupled with fragile alliances and coalitions. Coalition Politics in the Middle-East region, has comprised of many volatile and make-shift alliances over the years between state...
This paper critically examines whether BRICS constitute a civilizational challenge to Western liberal internationalism, as suggested in some scholarly debates. Drawing on constructivism, institutionalism, realism, and postcolonial theory, t...
As global conflicts grow more complex in an increasingly multipolar world, traditional UN peacekeeping models often militarised and externally imposed have shown clear limitations in delivering sustainable peace. This commentary argues that...
The 2025 Trump–Xi dialogue at the APEC Summit in Busan marked a tactical pause in escalating U.S.–China tensions rather than a structural reset. This article analyses the meeting through strategic signalling and game-theoretic perspectives,...
The December 2025 visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to New Delhi for the 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit represented a significant moment for diplomacy in the history of modern international relations. The visit took place during th...
Strategic autonomy is the ability of a nation to make independent foreign policy decisions based on national interests without being aligned to a singular bloc. India’s strategic autonomy, deeply rooted in its colonial history and the princ...
