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Constitutional Supremacy vs. Parliamentary Sovereignty Debate: Parliament is a Creature of the Constitution, not its Master

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- The Constitution of India mandates the formation of a parliamentary form of government for operation within the country. While doing so, it categorically rejected the doctrine of... Read More


Slow Pace of Strategic Indian Projects: These Can Potentially be Gateways to Sri Lanka's Economic Revival

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- India has once again pressed for progress on its projects in Sri Lanka, which continue to move at a snail's pace despite repeated rounds of discussions. During a recent visit to ... Read More


Three Young Karachi Rappers: And a Working-Class Neighborhood Becomes its Own Historian

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The recently produced documentary W.R.A.P. (We Really Are Pakistan) follows MC Affo, MC Bablay, and MC Shobi, three part-time rappers from a working-class neighborhood whose diff... Read More


SCO@25: Nonalignment 2.0 and Limits of Multilateral Diplomacy

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) summit held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan that concluded on Tuesday (Sep 1) marked the 25th anniversary of the China-led grouping that began ... Read More


India-China: From Border Management to Boundary Settlement?

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- India and China may finally be trying to turn the page on years of border confrontation. After the 2020 military crisis, prolonged deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LA... Read More


BRICS 2026: A Growing Global Force With Potential to Alter Economic and Geopolitical Balance

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- India is hosting the BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi September 11-13. The theme, "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability," reflects this broader appr... Read More


Born Together, Governed Apart: How India and Pakistan Became Two Different Political Civilizations

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- When India and Pakistan emerged as sovereign states in 1947, both inherited the exact same imperial state machinery, legal codes, and administrative infrastructure. Pakistan took... Read More


Beyond De-Dollarisation: Payment Diversification and Debt Resilience for Global South Nations

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The international monetary system is not moving suddenly away from the US dollar. Yet beneath the apparent stability of the dollar's global role, an important change is taking pl... Read More


The Himalayas Need a Common Language of Warning: Emergency Cooperation Must be Institutionalised Into Durable Regional Architecture

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The devastation that swept through Nepal and China's Xizang Autonomous Region (the Sinicized name for Tibetan Autonomous Region) on August 26 was a stark reminder of an uncomfort... Read More


The New Economic-Military Architecture of India-Japan Ties

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's arrival for the 16th Annual India-Japan Summit in New Delhi on July 1, 2026, began with a warm welcome by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at ... Read More