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Past Lessons, Future Risks: The Iran Ceasefire and the Shifting Balance of Power
The two week US-Iran ceasefire expires on 22 Apr. It was more of a tactical pause than a diplomatic breakthrough. It arrived just before Washington’s deadline to escalate strikes....
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US–China Rivalry and the Thucydides Trap
2,400 years ago, when Thucydides wrote that “it was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this...
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Naxalism in India: Policies, Operations, and the Decline of the Red Corridor
Origins and IdeologyHow a peasant revolt evolved into India’s longest-running insurgency.The Naxal movement began in 1967 in Naxalbari,...
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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...
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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...
When You Sleep With the Hamas Devil, There Will Always Be Hell in Gaza
On the morning of October 7, 2023, the sun rose like any other day over the land of Israel. Families woke up, children laughed...
Crimson Retaliation: Operation Sindoor and the Geopolitical Rewriting of South Asia
The Morning the Silence RoaredAt precisely 4:17 AM on May 7, 2025, a girl named Nandita, barely nine, awoke to the faint hum of...
The Silent Purge of Indian Scientists
On May 10, 2025, the Cauvery River—once a symbol of life and sustenance—became the silent witness to a national disgrace. Floating in its waters...
Trump’s Middle East Pivot: The Triangle of Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia
In the shifting sands of Middle Eastern geopolitics, where alliances are transient and power games perennial, Donald Trump is once again redefining America’s role...
Rare Earths and Realpolitik: How Minerals Are Shaping Global Power Struggles
In an era defined by digital innovation and geopolitical rivalry, rare earth elements (REEs) have emerged as linchpins of global power. From smartphones and...
Operation Sindoor: Bharat’s Sindoor Strikes Terrorism at its Root
In the silence of the pre-dawn darkness, as most of India slept peacefully under the sacred canopy of the tricolour, her defenders – the...





