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?
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?
Bangladesh may be seeing a rare shift: from who rules to how to govern. Jamaat-e-Islami’s Policy Summit 2026 outlines a knowledge economy, digital anti-corruption tools, and welfare reforms—but can vision survive execution?
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) was inaugurated on Sept. 10, 2023, in conjunction with the 2023 G20 summit held in New Delhi. This...
In the realm of public discourse, we often find ourselves surrendering to the orchestrated narratives of institutions. These narratives, meticulously crafted and disseminated, do...
Under India’s Presidency in 2023, the G20 has tabled two critical and interrelated issues: Health Emergencies Preparedness and Response and Strengthening Equitable Access to...
China is leveraging generative AI for a disinformation campaign for the 2024 Taiwanese Presidential Elections, complicating challenges in discerning truth from propaganda.
China aims to...
Several countries which otherwise share good relations with the US have taken a fundamentally different stance from the latter on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In...
Sectarianism continues to be a challenging issue in Gilgit-Baltistan, a region located in northern Pakistan, making peace a distant dream for the local population....
India-China ties are improving, but border tensions, strategic rivalry, and Indo-Pacific competition require realistic expectations. Cooperation can grow, yet enduring differences will continue shaping the relationship.
QUAD Plus can reinforce a Free and Open Indo-Pacific by expanding intelligence, technology, and maritime cooperation, reducing dependence on China and strengthening regional resilience against coercion.
Canada's submarine choice highlights a key lesson: modern arms sales depend not only on capability and price, but also on alliances, strategic trust, and long-term security partnerships. South Korea must sell relationships, not just weapons.
Abiy Ahmed's political capital is shrinking as insecurity, inflation, elite fragmentation, and dependence on external patrons drive up the cost of power. Can Ethiopia's political marketplace sustain his rule much longer?
BRICS+ offers vast potential in trade, technology and local currency cooperation, but geopolitical rivalries and divergent strategic priorities will shape whether it emerges as a cohesive force or remains a loose coalition.
