Category South Asia Studies Center

Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Development Initiatives and Quick Impact Projects (2023–24): Elevating India–Pacific Partnerships

Insights, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Policy Update, South Asia Studies Center

The Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) was established in November 2014 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic visit to Fiji, marking a transformative shift in India's diplomatic and economic engagement with the South Pacific. Comprising India and 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, FIPIC was created to address the unique development priorities of these island nations through structured, action-oriented plurilateral cooperation.

IMPRI Desk
September 30, 2026

Beyond the Vote: What India’s UNSC Campaign Means for Its Global Role 2028-29

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Governance and Law, International Relations and Strategic Studies, South Asia Studies Center

When Hon. Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar formally launched India's campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2028-29 term in New York this week, it was more than the beginning of another diplomatic campaign.

IMPRI Desk
July 17, 2026

Project Mausam (2014): Reimagining Cultural Diplomacy as Strategic Statecraft

Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Policy Update, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, South Asia Studies Center

Nayanshi Jain Introduction In an increasingly interconnected world, cultural diplomacy has become an important instrument of foreign policy, enabling countries to strengthen international partnerships through shared heritage, values, and people-to-people exchanges. For India, with its rich civilisational legacy and centuries-old…

IMPRI Desk
July 15, 2026

India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP): Reading South Asia’s Diplomatic Realities Through the Budget Lens

Policy Update, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies, South Asia Studies Center

Policy Update Asmatwali Background India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP) has evolved from a modest post-independence solidarity gesture into one of the most consequential instruments of New Delhi’s foreign policy. Rooted in the Colombo Plan (1950) and later institutionalised through the…

IMPRI Desk
July 8, 2026

The Petrodollar: Explained

Insights, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, South Asia Studies Center

The contemporary international economic order rests on a set of structural arrangements that are rarely codified yet profoundly consequential. Among these, the petrodollar system stands out as one of the most significant pillars sustaining the global dominance of the United States dollar.

IMPRI Desk
April 3, 2026

Trump’s Grand Claims, Grounded in Falsehoods

International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Insights, South Asia Studies Center

TK Arun Trump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech. At a campaign speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that King Purushottam (Porus, the Greeks called…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 23, 2026

Rebuilding Industrial Depth: India’s Strategy in a China-Centric Manufacturing Order

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Economy and Infrastructure, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, South Asia Studies Center

The current manufacturing push in India is not a marginal adjustment in the overall policy trajectory; it is a structural realignment in the global system dominated by China. The allocation of ₹10,000 crore for the manufacture of shipping containers in the Union Budget 2026 is a paradigm of this shift.

IMPRI Desk
March 18, 2026