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Opinion

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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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...
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