For close to eighty years, the Middle Eastern geopolitical order was founded on consensus; a stiff, transactional order that simply traded Saudi Arabian oil for U.S. security guarantees. Yet in the pluralized world of 2026, this unipolar an...
India’s engagement with Afghanistan has long been rooted in civilizational ties, developmental projects, and security concerns. The Taliban’s return to power in 2021, however, compelled New Delhi to adjust its policy, balancing humanitarian...
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...
On April 22, 2025, terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) launched an attack on tourists in Baisaran Valley, located in the Pahalgam area of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The assault, which continued for approximately 20 t...
Jammu and Kashmir remains a focal point in India's internal security landscape, with terrorism-related incidents shaping the region’s evolving threat environment. The need for a structured and data-driven approach to tracking these developm...
Jammu and Kashmir remains a focal point in India's internal security landscape, with terrorism-related incidents shaping the region’s evolving threat environment. The need for a structured and data-driven approach to tracking these developm...
China has been steadily increasing its defence budget for years, aiming to modernise its armed forces and project power regionally. This concerns some countries, particularly those with overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea....
The People's Republic of China's economic ties with Africa up to the late 1970s were motivated by ideological imperatives but the political elite in China now sees the continent's economic ties as a way to advance the nation's development o...
Development of large-scale commercial shipping and navigation on the inland waterways to transport bulk and hazardous goods led the Indian Parliament to enact the National Waterways Act, 2016 creating 106 new waterways on many rivers, river...
‘Hanging up a sheep’s head but selling dog meat’ The aforementioned is an ancient Chinese saying which evidently highlights the strategic path followed by the Asian Dragon in contemporary world politics. More on the saying later but fi...
The developments in the last five years in South China Sea has gained international attention following the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in favour of the Philippines. The ruling clearly stated that the China’s claim of nine d...
India's engagement with Central Asia has increased in the last decade. India has emerged as one of the leading countries in the world - both economically and strategically. As a part of its strategic cooperation, the five Central Asian coun...
