International Relations

India’s Afghan Recalibration: Realism and Regional Balance

India’s Afghan Recalibration: Realism and Regional Balance

India’s Afghan policy shifts towards realism—balancing security, diplomacy, and economic strategy amid changing regional power dynamics. Introduction Vivek Katju’s “Relooking...

UK Prime Minister’s Visit to India: Trade, Defence, and Strategic Cooperation

UK Prime Minister’s Visit to India: Trade, Defence, and Strategic Cooperation

Explore the UK Prime Minister’s visit to India, highlighting bilateral trade under CETA 2025, defence cooperation, climate initiatives, technology partnerships,...

India and the Multipolar West

India and the Multipolar West

Explore C. Raja Mohan’s insights on a multipolar West and its impact on India. Learn how Europe’s autonomy, US shifts,...

India–UK Defence Vision 2035: Strategic and Technological Cooperation

India–UK Defence Vision 2035: Strategic and Technological Cooperation

The India–UK Defence Vision 2035 builds a long-term defence partnership focused on co-design, co-development, and co-production of advanced technologies, aligning...

India’s Chabahar Port Strategy: Continuity, Connectivity, and Regional Balance

India’s Chabahar Port Strategy: Continuity, Connectivity, and Regional Balance

India’s partnership with Iran on Chabahar Port shows its long-term vision for regional connectivity, strategic autonomy, and Eurasian access amid...

U.S. Government Shutdown: Causes, Impacts, and Global Implications

U.S. Government Shutdown: Causes, Impacts, and Global Implications

Explore the U.S. government shutdown, its causes, economic and social impacts, global consequences, and how it differs from India’s parliamentary...

New International Governance Index: India’s Push for a Global Benchmark

New International Governance Index: India’s Push for a Global Benchmark

India, as the new president of IIAS, proposes an International Governance Index to address biases in Western-centric rankings, improve transparency,...

The Pandemic Fund and the Next Global Health Crisis

The Pandemic Fund and the Next Global Health Crisis

Learn how the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund, launched in 2022, is financing global health preparedness. Discover its focus on disease...

Drone Kavach Exercise: India’s Leap into Next-Generation Drone Warfare

Drone Kavach Exercise: India’s Leap into Next-Generation Drone Warfare

From 25–28 September 2025, the Indian Army’s Spear Corps conducted Exercise Drone Kavach in Arunachal Pradesh, showcasing AI-enabled drones, swarm...

Cabinet Approves 57 New Kendriya Vidyalayas Across India

Cabinet Approves 57 New Kendriya Vidyalayas Across India

The Indian Cabinet has approved 57 new Kendriya Vidyalayas across 17 states and UTs in 2025, focusing on aspirational, LWE-affected,...

Global Development Finance: India’s Role

Global Development Finance: India’s Role

Global development finance is declining, with ODA falling and multilateralism weakening, threatening SDGs and climate goals. India has an opportunity...

Tiger Shark Exercise

Tiger Shark Exercise

Explore Bangladesh’s shifting defence alliances, marked by the Tiger Shark exercise and growing ties with the US, amidst the backdrop...

India’s WTO Path: Protecting Farmers, Shaping Trade

India’s WTO Path: Protecting Farmers, Shaping Trade

India faces pressure at the WTO as China drops SDT. Explore how India can protect farmers, ensure food security, and...

India–US Corn Trade Dispute

India–US Corn Trade Dispute

Explore the India–US corn trade dispute. Learn why India avoids US GMO maize, the risks for farmers, ethanol demand, and...

Cartography of India–China Border: From Ambiguity to Mutual Dignity

Cartography of India–China Border: From Ambiguity to Mutual Dignity

Explore the history of India–China border cartography, from Manchu maps to modern disputes, and why pragmatic diplomacy matters more than...

New H-1B Visa Fee Policy

New H-1B Visa Fee Policy

The U.S. $100,000 H-1B visa fee disrupts Indian IT firms and professionals but could boost GCC expansion, domestic innovation, and...

Recognition of Palestine: A Powerful Geopolitical Shift

Recognition of Palestine: A Powerful Geopolitical Shift

The recognition of Palestine by the UK, Canada, France, Portugal, Australia, and Belgium marks a historic geopolitical shift. This article...

H-1B Visa Fee Row: India’s Diplomacy Under Strain

H-1B Visa Fee Row: India’s Diplomacy Under Strain

The U.S. H-1B visa fee hike exposes India’s foreign policy challenges. This blog analyses India’s diplomatic failures and successes with...

India’s Strategic Autonomy at Risk

India’s Strategic Autonomy at Risk

Explore Kanti Bajpai’s critique on India’s strategic autonomy, rising multi-dependence on China, Russia, and the US, and the urgent need...

U.S. Sanctions on Chabahar Port: Strategic Implications for India

U.S. Sanctions on Chabahar Port: Strategic Implications for India

The U.S. has revoked the sanctions waiver for India’s operations at Iran’s Chabahar Port, jeopardising New Delhi’s regional connectivity vision....

Saudi–Pakistan Defence Pact: A Keystone Compact

Saudi–Pakistan Defence Pact: A Keystone Compact

Explore the 2025 Saudi–Pakistan defence pact (SMDA): history, nuclear angle, collective security vision, and implications for India & West Asia....