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    The War in West Asia: A Stress Test for India’s Multi-alignment?
    Muneer Ahmed.    ·   12 Jun, 2026    ·    #5909    ·    Commentary    
    The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has created one of the most stressful diplomatic scenarios India has dealt with in West Asia. Among others, it complicates India’s two most vital yet parallel relationships with the US and Russia. India is simultan ...
  • Can Prime Minister Tarique Rahman Overcome Past Obstacles to Reset Bangladesh-India Relations?
    Prerana Priyadarshi.    ·   03 Mar, 2026    ·    #5905    ·    Commentary    
    As Bangladesh prepares for its political transition under the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, following nearly eighteen months of being led by an unelected interim government, early signs point to a po ...
  • Evaluating the 2026 India–EU Free Trade Agreement
    Ashutosh Nagda.    ·   15 Feb, 2026    ·    #5904    ·    Commentary    
    After nearly two decades of negotiations, India and the EU announced the successful conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations during the state visit of the President of the European Council, António Luís Santos da Costa, and the Pre ...
  • The Merz Visit and Strategic Realism in the India-Germany Partnership
    Ashutosh Nagda.    ·   20 Jan, 2026    ·    #5900    ·    Commentary    
    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to India on 12-13 January marked his first trip to Asia since his inauguration as Chancellor in May 2025. The visit also commemorated 75 years of diplomatic ties and 25 years of strategic partnership between ...
  • Pakistan’s Internal Securitisation is the Real Crisis
    Muneer Ahmed.    ·   29 Aug, 2025    ·    #5894    ·    Commentary    
    For generations, Pakistanis have lived with security shaping many aspects of daily life. Now, as internal pressures mount, the grip of securitisation may tighten even more. Pakistan being increasingly governed by the dynamics of internal securitisati ...
  • Strategic Space
    Nuclear Brinkmanship at a New Brink
    Manpreet Sethi.    ·   22 Aug, 2025    ·    #5893    ·    Commentary    
    The world commemorated 80 years of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this August. Across the world, editorials, opinion pieces, activist marches, discussions and other events marked the occasion. On 9 August 2025, as people remembered the ...
  • Why India Matters to Singapore
    Fiona Raval.    ·   13 Feb, 2025    ·    #5885    ·    Commentary    
    President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam concluded a four-day state visit to India on 18 January 2025. The first Indian tour by a Singaporean president in a decade, it commemorated the 60th anniversary of India and Singapore establishing bilater ...
  • Red Affairs
    On Screen Portrayals of Left-Wing Extremism: ‘Bastar, the Naxal Story’ as Example
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   29 Mar, 2024    ·    #5872    ·    Commentary    
    Filmmakers adapting non-fiction work—especially those on conflict and terrorism—often struggle to stick to the original story. Filmmaking admittedly allows for the dramatisation of factual nuances given the need to tell a long story in a short ti ...
  • Red Affairs
    Militancy in J&K: An Annual Review
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   26 Jan, 2024    ·    #5867    ·    Commentary    
    On 15 January 2024, the Indian army chief said that militancy in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) was under control. Before that, the home minister indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre had been successful in c ...
  • Why the Conflict in West Asia is Complicating India’s Maritime Security
    Siddharth Anil Nair.    ·   25 Jan, 2024    ·    #5866    ·    Commentary    
    India’s fundamental maritime security objective is to deter conflict and coercion from the sea. Recent developments in its regional security environment have created new complications in this pursuit. The conflict in West Asia has extended into ...
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