MAHASAGAR Initiative: India’s Global Maritime Outreach and Strategic Vision
Indian Ocean Region (IOR) in the 21st century, as the region is becoming a chessboard for major powers.
Category Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies
India’s Science Diplomacy and International S&T Cooperation: Policy Framework and Impact
The International Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Policy is an effort set forth by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to build India’s research partnerships worldwide and to enhance innovation capabilities. The policy is implemented through the International Cooperation (IC) Division that works towards bilateral, multilateral, and thematic collaborations, and unites science with diplomacy to further improve the access to higher-end technologies. India currently has S&T cooperation agreements with 83 countries in the world, including major strategic partners like the United States, Germany, France, Japan, and Australia.
India–EU Connectivity Partnership (2021): An Alternative to BRI
The India-Europe Connectivity Partnership is a flagship program launched in 2021, marking a strategic collaboration between India and Europe. The partnership aims to connect India and Europe through transparency, inclusivity, and sustainability in response to the gap between global infrastructure and connectivity.
Climate Finance Politics: India’s Strategic Push Ahead of COP30
India has renewed its call for increased and reliable climate finance from the developed nations in the lead-up to COP30 (Brazil, 2025), framing it as essential for meeting domestic and global climate goals. While the Loss and Damage Fund, operationalized at COP28, was a diplomatic breakthrough, actual contributions remain far below requirements.
From Empire to Equality: The 2025 India–UK FTA and Its Significance
On 24 July 2025, India and the United Kingdom signed the much-awaited India–UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)—a Free Trade Agreement that the two prime ministers have described as a 'historic day' for both countries' strategic and economic partnership. This is a landmark in the context of history, where trade had been the backbone of British colonisation and imperialism.
Trump, Tariffs and Trade: A Test of Global Resolve
Trump has announced high tariffs on the entire non-American world and that has virtually created a level playing field for exporters to the US. Countries can stop negotiating with Trump and his bullying bunch of bureaucrats, and the US government would begin to stew in the self-wrought prospect of all imports suddenly turning 20-30 per cent more expensive than before.
Ripples of Uncertainty: Rethinking the Indus Waters Treaty
One of the oldest water treaties on the planet which was over sharing of waters between two nations of South Asia that came into existence in 1960 and survived several tensions and military conflicts