Ukraine war in the grand chessboard of geopolitics
The Ukraine war marks 1,000 days, with Russia gaining an upper hand. Western support has been insufficient, and future dynamics remain uncertain.
The Trump inflection on US foreign policy
Unless his second term differs dramatically from the first, we can expect a mostly disinterested and extractive approach to global engagement by Washington.
The ideational dimension of India’s China challenge
While there is good news from the LAC, the China challenge to India is a long-term one that has both material and intellectual/ideational elements.
The age of nuclear adventurism
One key lesson many states are drawing from the Russia-Ukraine war is that a nuclear-armed Ukraine would have been better off.
A year after the Hamas strike, insecurity grows
Israel’s disproportionate response and failure of global powers and institutions to enforce a ceasefire have plunged the world into a crisis.
Tensions in the Middle East will Test India’s balancing Act in the region
With a neighbourhood in turmoil, an aggressive China, and pressure of Russia-Ukraine war, the last thing Delhi would like to have is conflict in the Middle East.