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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


Never Forget Abbottabad: The Other Chapter of 9/11 Should not Fall Victim to Selective Memory

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Twenty-five years ago, the United States endured one of the darkest days in its history. On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden hijacked four airliner... Read More


Growing Sri Lanka-India Defence Cooperation Throws Up Air-Defence Questions

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's three-day visit to Sri Lanka that ended Sept 10 is strategically more significant than the relatively modest value of the three Memorandu... Read More


The Power, Potential, and Unrealised Promise, of South Asia

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- A question often asked of people of colour in the United Kingdom even now in 2026 is, "Where you are really from?" meaning, what is your ethnicity and country of origin. I chan... Read More


Whither Constitutional Equality and Laws Against Discrimination? A Manipuri Musician's Murder Raises Governance Questions Anew

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The recent murder of Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh in New Delhi has brought into sharp relief a long-standing issue, which the nation has been unable to tackle satisf... Read More