Between Energy, Diplomacy and Diaspora – Calibrated Indian Neutrality in West Asia
On 23 Mar 2026, Indian PM Modi spoke in the Parliament on the ongoing conflict in West Asia for about 24 minutes.He framed the...
India’s Energy Security : From Bhabha’s Vision to SHANTI Reality
Thorium is re emerging as a strategic lever in India’s quest for reliable, low carbon energy security, but policy, technology and institutional gaps must...
India’s Russian Oil Policy: Strategic Misstep or Sanctions Survival?
Viral Alarm on Hormuz HoldupIran’s Hormuz stranglehold forces President Trump to call President Putin (not vice versa) on 9 Mar 26. Russia flips from...
The Bomb That May or May Not Exist
It did not come as a thunderclap. There was no missile test lighting up the desert sky, no satellite image revealing a hidden silo,...
Israeli Gas, IMEC and the New Energy Chessboard of West Asia
Why the Eastern Mediterranean May Become Bharat’s Next Strategic Energy FrontierHistory often hides its most profound transformations beneath the surface. Sometimes literally.For decades, the...
The Gulf, Hormuz & the Oil Game — What It Means for Bharat
Some time ago, in my earlier analysis in The Goa Chronicle, I had written about the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, describing...
