India summit reaffirms the accommodative rationale of BRICS
India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit, the fourth under its presidency since its inception, coincidentally on the UN Day for South-South Cooperation (September 12)...
Promises and fissures in Sino-Indian boundary negotiations
The Special Representatives (SRs) Mechanism on the India-China Boundary Question completed 25 rounds of talks when China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted India’s National...
Islamabad Talks: Untangling the Washington-Tehran impasse
After six weeks of tit-for-tat strikes by Iran on the one side, and the United States, Israel and Arab sheikhdoms on the other, the...
Indian Ocean in focus as torpedoes make a comeback in naval combat after 44 years
Four days after the launch of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. torpedoed an Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka’s coast, killing at least 87 Iranian...
India’s de-hyphenated engagement of Israel, Palestine, and Iran explained
Why did Prime Minister Modi of India embark on a risky visit to Israel even as West Asia remains volatile? Is this renewed bonhomie...
Substance and symbolism in the Dalai Lama’s succession
Days before turning 90, the Dalai Lama—the highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism and a unifying cultural symbol for the Tibetan diaspora worldwide—made a...
The pragmatic turn in Sino-Indian ties post-Kazan
The current phase of thaw in India-China relations can be traced back to 23 October 2024, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi...
The potential fallout of U.S. strikes on Iran
After days of mixed signaling, in a dramatic escalation, the U.S. military has hit three key nuclear facilities of Iran at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan...
Strategic insecurities that persist beyond the LAC
“Mutual trust, mutual respect, and mutual sensitivity should remain the basis of our relations”. That’s what Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India reminded his...
Back to normal: Signs of a Sino-Indian rapprochement
On the eve of the first summit of an “expanded” BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping in the Russian city of Kazan,...