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From Protectorates to Partners: The US Resets Security Expectations in Asia

New Delhi, June 22 -- The recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore reaffirmed a new shift in power calculations and strategic intent in the region, with various messages and narratives rein... Read More


Pakistan Takes Indus Water Issue to Brussels: Internationalising Dispute has Implications Beyond South Asia

New Delhi, June 21 -- Pakistan is trying to get European policymakers, legal scholars, and climate institutions to see the Indus river water-sharing dispute as a humanitarian issue, a climate adaptati... Read More


Sundarbans' Sand Mafia and its Sinking Delta: Illicit River Mining, Ecological Collapse, and Climate Migration in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

New Delhi, June 21 -- The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, where the Sundarbans (the world's largest mangrove ecosystem) reside, is facing a confluence of environmental pressures more than just sea-level ris... Read More


In the Quiet Spaces Between Strangers, Sonia Bahl's Eighteen Inches Apart

New Delhi, June 21 -- In an age of relentless acceleration, contemporary fiction increasingly appears anxious about stillness. Many novels today arrive carrying the burden of urgency - geopolitical ca... Read More


A Mature Democracy Must be Confident Enough to Hear Youth Anger: Domestic Unrest can Become Global Politics in Hours

New Delhi, June 19 -- India's Cockroach Janta Party phenomenon should not be dismissed as a joke, nor should it be romanticised as a spontaneous revolution of the young. Its rise signals a deeper tran... Read More


In Search of Dharma in the Indian Diaspora

New Delhi, June 19 -- Last week I was invited to give a Keynote at Dharma in Digital Age Conference in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. My keynote showed that the biggest cause of crisis in the world is becaus... Read More


Energy Cooperation: A Quiet Success Story in South Asia

New Delhi, June 18 -- South Asia is often seen as a place of tensions, border disputes and strategic rivalries. There is a quiet success story unfolding. Energy connectivity is becoming an example of ... Read More


Lessons from Trump-Iran Deal: Strategic Autonomy is not a Luxury for India

New Delhi, June 17 -- The emerging agreement between the Trump administration and Iran is being presented by its supporters as a diplomatic achievement and by its critics as a strategic concession. Ye... Read More


West Bengal's Economic Transformation: A Blueprint for Growth

New Delhi, June 17 -- West Bengal - one of India's most politically consequential states with a population of over 90 million and whose strategic importance lies in it sharing its international border... Read More


Making Workplaces Safer in South Asia: Prevention Less Costly than Catastrophe

New Delhi, June 17 -- Industrial accidents continue to claim lives and livelihoods across India and South Asia despite advances in technology, regulation and management systems. Recent incidents in ch... Read More