Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra

Caught in the Crosswinds: India’s Energy and Diplomacy in a Fractured Middle East

Caught between oil, diaspora, and diplomacy, India faces mounting risks as Middle East tensions disrupt Hormuz flows. Can New Delhi still balance Iran, the US, and Gulf ties—or is strategic neutrality no longer viable?

Benefits of China’s Non-Reactive Strategic Posturing in the Middle East War and Emerging Concerns

While Washington burns bandwidth in the Middle East, Beijing gains time, lessons, and leverage. But Hormuz reminds China one chokepoint can shake everything. Is strategic patience now its greatest weapon?

State, Market and Concerns over Misuse of Information Technology

The private players with their substantial investment in research and innovation without ideological shackles and political bottlenecks and with the resultant expertise in information...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s External Identity

Successive governments under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to build India’s external identity by combining two elements -- India cannot tolerate...

Three Pillars of India’s Foreign Policy

The article argues that success of India’s foreign policy has been contingent on three pillars such as Strategic Autonomy, Multialignment and Soft Power. India...

India’s Multi-alignment Policy and Its Response to the Ukrainian War

India’s foreign policy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmly stands on the premise that it can serve the country’s national interest...

Is India Moving in the Direction to Have A Strategic Culture as Understood in the West?

Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), known for his contribution to turning mass mobilization against British imperial rule into non-violent movements for Indian independence, also used...

The New Great Game in Afghanistan: Continuing Misery of Afghans

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