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‘In geopolitics, national glory is not necessarily an enduring outcome’

India’s moment under the diplomatic sun must be used

A view of the new exhibition curated by China’s People’s Liberation Army in Beijing’s Military Museum.

The futility of underbalancing China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and U.S. President Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Bali on November 15, 2022.

India’s dilemmas in an Asian century

A U.S. Army soldier during an India-US joint exercise or “Yudh Abhyas, in Auli, ttarakhand, close to the disputed border with China

The role of the ‘China Test’ in India’s grand strategy

‘India’s recent or past statements on issues of global importance indicate that it tends to take positions that not just suit its interests but are also informed by its sense of being a unique player on the global stage’

The ‘India pole’ in international politics

At the Wagha border, in 2019

The age of minimalism in India-Pakistan ties

‘The absence of the world’s fifth largest economy from various regional trading platforms will invariably boost China’s geo-economic hegemony in Asia’

Geopolitics without geoeconomics, a fool’s errand

‘Once a site of India’s primacy, South Asia is no longer ‘India’s region’. Picture shows Nepalese policemen at the Basantapur Durbar Square that was damaged in an earthquake, in Kathmandu, in 2015

Time for India to reclaim its moral leadership

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei

Lessons for India from the Taiwan standoff

‘The Russian aggression against Ukraine has led to an unmissable feeling of insecurity in Europe’

The Ukraine war and the return to Euro-centrism

‘An even larger question is whether domestic extremism can be fanned but kept contained without external consequences’

Vicious domestic politics, foreign policy shocks

‘Russia as a key strategic partner is no longer available to India for balancing purposes’

A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New Delhi.

Playing the strategic autonomy game

Casting a shadow

A misfiring and its trail of poor strategic stability