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What Venezuela’s Unravelling Teaches India About the Future of Power
In the twenty-first century, power no longer resides only in armies, institutions, or territory. It increasingly resides in legitimacy, in the story a state tells about itself, and in...
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Steel Umbrella: Performance of the Indian Army’s Air Defence During Operation Sindoor
Operation Sindoor is often viewed through the prism of “strike”. But half the truth of any successful strike...
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When Kabul Spoke Back: The Day Pakistan’s Strategic Depth Finally Collapsed
For decades, the conversation between Kabul and Islamabad followed a familiar script. Pakistan spoke. Afghanistan listened. Sometimes it...
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Panama, Venezuela, and the India Lesson : Geography Punishes. Institutions Decide. Volatility Travels.
In geopolitics, distance is deceptive.Panama is a narrow strip of land in Central America. Venezuela lies thousands of...
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The India–Bangladesh Farakka Water Treaty: History, Hydropolitics, and Strategic Implications
Introduction: Why Farakka Still MattersIn South Asia, rivers are not just geographic features, they are strategic arteries, lifelines...
Not-so-great Crooked Britain
England is a laundromat for dirty money, thanks to an army of financial and professional service firmsCrooks from around the world rush there on...
The world is raving about Saudi Arabia’s rave party
I always thought that rave parties were the prerogative of Goa, but Riyadh is now a competitorWhen Bob Dylan sang in the 1960s, could...
Russia and China
Vladimir Putin, the Russian super strongman, flew into New Delhi for a few hours in December 2021 (his first bilateral trip outside Russia since...
India Russia relations
Dobro Pozhalovat Vladimir!On 6 December 2021 India welcomed a steadfast friend, the President of Russia, Vladimir PutinThe geopolitical situation in our region is churning...
China’s cratering economy
China wants to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)Japan, Australia, and Canada are not happy China’s economy is tanking, with Bank...
Is Srilanka a Chinese colony?
Sri Lanka, that beautiful little island to our south, faces a multiple whammy (it was once called Serendip). It will dip into its foreign...




