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How to Lose a Country in Four Years: Will the Taliban be Architects of Their Own Demise?

New Delhi, April 24 -- Four years after seizing control in 2021, the Taliban regime is not consolidating control; it is unraveling from within. Far from the "peace and stability" they promised, Afghan... Read More


Body Blows to Indian Democracy: The Deeper Story of a Parliamentary Bill That Failed

New Delhi, April 23 -- The issue of women's reservation (33%) in the Indian parliament should have been a straightforward affair. The government says it wants it; the Opposition is all for it. Yet, wh... Read More


Trincomalee Energy Hub Development Will be a Strategic Milestone in India-Sri Lanka Ties

New Delhi, April 23 -- Indian Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan visit to Sri Lanka earlier this week shot into prominence not because it was the first official visit by an Indian VP to the island-nati... Read More


SAARC vs BIMSTEC: Why Regional Integration is Failing in South Asia

New Delhi, April 23 -- South Asia has a population of nearly two billion people. It contains some of the fastest-growing economies in the world. The World Bank projects the region's growth will reach ... Read More


Manipur's Unfinished War: When Suppressed Conflict Returns with Firepower

New Delhi, April 23 -- The renewed violence in Manipur, in India's Northeast, is not a breakdown of peace. It is the exposure of a peace that never truly existed. The recent killings, triggered by the... Read More


The Illusion of Strategic Mastery: How India's Tactical "Smartness" Created a Diplomatic Opening for Pakistan

New Delhi, April 22 -- In the high-stakes arena of global diplomacy, the year 2026 has witnessed a remarkable and sobering role reversal in South Asia. For over a decade, New Delhi enjoyed the status ... Read More


How Myanmar's State has Hollowed Out: Need for Engagement With Nonstate Actors

New Delhi, April 22 -- Myanmar's crisis has entered a new and more consequential phase-one that can no longer be understood through the traditional lens of state failure. What is unfolding is not simp... Read More


Ghost Murmur: How AI Rescued a Lost US Pilot in the Iran War

New Delhi, April 21 -- There is a radical change happening in modern warfare. Unlike in the past when military superiority relied mostly on the use of firearms, troop numbers, and the ability to contr... Read More


EU, Bangladesh Recalibrate Partnership Amid Changing Priorities, Global Flux

New Delhi, April 21 -- The European Union and Bangladesh initialled in Brussels on 20 April a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) which signals an upgrade in their relationship from largely tr... Read More


Human Control and India's Nuclear Doctrine in Age of AI: Significance of UNGA Resolution 80/23

New Delhi, April 19 -- The adoption of UNGA Resolution 80/23 on 01 December 2025 marks a significant moment in the evolving global conversation on nuclear disarmament. At its core, the resolution addr... Read More