From Tehran to New Delhi:Security Lessons from the Iran Conflict
India has to acquire technological sovereignty, if it is to retain strategic autonomy, even as middle powers now unsure of an American nuclear shield yearn for nuclear weapons.
Category International Relations and Strategic Studies
West Asia in Conflict: Assessing Economic and Energy Risks for India
ARUN KUMAR The conflict in West Asia is exposing India’s strategic vulnerabilities and forcing it to consider making difficult choices on almost every front: energy security, foreign policy and economic stability. Wars are perilous affairs, but the one currently underway…
Navigating Power Asymmetry: Lula’s Diplomatic Strategy in Response to Trump
If all countries act in concert, Trump would not be able to bully nations as he has done in the last one year.
Fault Lines of Conflict: The Long-Term Impact of the Iran War
The Iran war may conclude, but its aftermath could reshape power balances, energy systems and global alignments, creating faultlines that outlast the conflict itself.
Don-a-Lago Is Not the United States
India would do well to separate US the nation, from its misrepresentative Trump
Trump and his MAGA base see him as god’s gift to America and the world. India should stop acting as if it belonged to these Deplorables. Iran makes a distinction between the current Indian regime and India as a nation with which Iran has had friendly relations.
Trump’s Repeated and Confident Falsehoods
Trump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech.
India-France Relations: A New Phase of Strategic Partnership
French President Emmanuel Macron’s India visit and the elevation of ties to a “special global strategic partnership” signal deeper convergence in defence, Indo-Pacific strategy, AI, and clean energy. The Horizon 2047 Roadmap aims to institutionalise long-term cooperation amid global volatility.