In the contested waters of the South China Sea, Vietnam has emerged as a uniquely positioned actor navigating one of the most challenging maritime dilemmas of the 21st century. As a middle power sharing a land border with an assertive China...
When Dhurandhar came out in December 2025, it stirred up strong feelings about politics. The movie was advertised as an exciting spy story, with fake money as its central theme. Instead of being shown as a small crime, it presented counterf...
In the realm of contemporary strategic politics, military engagement is still considered to be more of a last resort for pursuing one’s own geopolitical objectives. Hence, today’s conventional dichotomy of winning and losing involves more n...
The macroeconomic situation in India is a paradoxical mix of both domestic strength and international weakness as the country enters 2026. The domestic indicators, including a solid GDP growth, low inflation and a prudently accommodative mo...
The Gaza conflict, triggered after the October 7th attacks and the prolonged military response that followed, has proven to be a critical inflection point in the West Asian Geopolitics. What had begun as a localized conflict, soon engulfed ...
Grey zone warfare refers to a form of state coercion that is more aggressive than normal diplomatic activity without causing an outright military conflict. It involves carefully designed tactics that steadily escalate security tensions and ...
Deepening defence cooperation between Japan and the Philippines through the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) and the Access and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) reflects an important shift in the Indo-Pacific security architecture. Against...
The security environment of the world has become less defined by conventional warfare and more by persistent, low-intensity tensions over certain periods of time as such conflicts have become the rage in the current scenario. Protracted arm...
The Thai and Cambodian borders have been a theatre fostering uncertainty since colonial times as both the countries indulge in a continuous contest over the authority of historical temples and areas around them, especially the temple in Pre...
Frequently appearing in headlines for insurgency, enforced disappearances and large-scale development initiatives, Balochistan, stands as one of South Asia’s most complex and misunderstood regions. Despite being Pakistan’s largest and most ...
India’s engagement with the West Asian security architecture has undergone a significant transformation amid shifting regional and global power dynamics. Relations that were once centred on energy security, trade, and expatriate welfare hav...
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...
