This article examines Belgium’s opposition to the European Union’s proposal to use frozen Russian sovereign assets as collateral for large-scale loans to Ukraine, arguing that the controversy exposes deeper structural tensions in the EU’s e...
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...
This article discusses how climate change has become a growing security concern for India. While rising temperatures, unpredictable monsoons, cyclones, floods, and heatwaves are often seen as environmental issues, their impact now directly ...
In the 21st century, trade has gone beyond its usual function of generating and protecting financial resources to a great extent. In current world politics, countries always use tariffs, sanctions, export limitations, and regulations not ju...
With the most prolonged shutdown in its history, the US government has broken an unprecedented milestone and ventured into unknown territory. A political impasse has caused government agencies to close, public employees to be sidelined, and...
This paper explores whether India can truly embrace geoeconomics, what Robert D. Blackwill and Jennifer M. Harris call "war by other means", as a central part of its statecraft. In today's world, where open military conflict is often too co...
India’s deepening engagement with West Asia reflects a significant strategic realignment shaped by energy security, trade diversification, and evolving geopolitical dynamics. This article explores how New Delhi’s policies, ranging from econ...
In a rapidly evolving and fragmented global order, India’s foreign policy is increasingly shaped by the complexities of multipolarity and great power competition. This piece examines the limitations of a unified foreign policy approach in t...
Russia’s war in Ukraine has redrawn the world’s geopolitical order, pushing the Global South into unprecedented strategic realignments. Amid the uncertainty of U.S. leadership and the breakdown of value-based diplomacy, India faces a rare o...
Proxy warfare is a strategic tool through which powerful states influence conflicts abroad while minimising direct military, political, and financial costs. This report outlines the evolution, types, benefits, and risks associated with prox...
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 ...
The Iran-Israel conflict represents a critical case study in the evolution of asymmetric warfare within the Middle East. This article examines how conventional military imbalances between the two states have been increasingly offset by the ...
