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The Indus Waters Treaty: What Comes After The Hague Ruling?

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- For 65 years, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) survived what diplomacy between India and Pakistan could not. Wars, terrorism, political upheavals and repeated crises failed to disl... Read More


South Asia's Renewable Transition: Energy Security, Geopolitics and the BRICS Factor

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Renewable energy has acquired an importance that extends well beyond climate policy. The Paris Agreement of 2015 established the long-term imperative of reducing greenhouse gas ... Read More


AI: The Race Without a Finish Line

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- One of the products in our company is a viscosity controller used in the printing process. The equipment continuously senses the viscosity of the ink and, depending on whether i... Read More


School Absenteeism and Growing Coaching Culture: Are we Compromising the Future of an Entire Generation?

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Recently, an interesting and rather disturbing anecdote unfolded in a rural higher secondary school in one of the corners of Kashmir Valley. With the examination notification i... Read More


AI Evolution and Consequences: Is Mankind Playing With Fire?

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- There are reports published recently stating that in the coming decades there is a possibility that AI will become so powerful that it will annihilate mankind. This is very alar... Read More


India-China Eight-Point Agreement: A Tactical Thaw, but Trust Remains Elusive

New Dekhi, Sept. 14 -- The 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks, co-chaired by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing in August 2026, ended wi... Read More


The Real Test for BRICS: More Choices for South Asia, or Just New Dependencies?

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- As leaders gathered in New Delhi this weekend for the 18th BRICS Summit, one question will define whether the grouping's expanded ambitions translate into real gains for the Glo... Read More


What's in a Name? Nomenclature Diplomacy Says Much About Changing Geopolitics

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Nomenclature was always as much a political construct as a geographic one. Such acts are rarely bureaucratic shifts but have wider implications in geopolitics. At the recent Sha... Read More


India-China Ties: Modi-Xi Meeting Signals Limited Thaw

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India after seven years and his discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 12, on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, ... Read More


Who Governs Islamabad? A Capital Without its Governance

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city, is now bigger than the institutional setup which was conceived for it. According to the 2023 Census, Islamabad Capital Territory's (ICT) popu... Read More