Galwan, two years on
15 June 2022 marks two years since the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China saw its deadliest clash in forty-five years,...
The bigger picture of Indian Defence Minister’s recent trip to Vietnam
While Vietnam is now the seventh country with which India has signed a mutual logistics support pact, it is the first such major pact...
Three decades of India’s ‘eastward engagement’ and a persisting set of challenges
In this long essay, I look at how India re-connected with Southeast Asia and its regional institutional mechanisms in the post-Cold War context. This...
What makes India’s participation in the Quad intrinsically unique?
In this essay, I try to shed light on the geopolitical imperatives that make India’s involvement in the Quad intrinsically unique and distinct from...
An evolving great game for the Pearl of the Indian Ocean
Sri Lanka is currently reeling under its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948 and the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the...
Decoding India’s ‘paradoxical’ trade ties with China
Even amid a persisting 22-month-long border stand-off, the two-way trade between India and China rose to a historic high, wherein the trade balance stands...
De-escalation of the Sino-Indian border stand-off in Ladakh is nowhere near at sight
The Line of Actual Control in Ladakh continues to remain tense, even after 20 months of stand-off that witnessed 13 rounds of military talks,...
Putting the recent double-down on Chinese claims over India’s Arunachal Pradesh into perspective
In this essay, I try to place Arunachal Pradesh in the larger context of the India-China border dispute by looking at contemporary developments in...
Nothing left of democracy in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is no longer what it was known for a few years back. The Chinese Communist Party continues to dismantle the city's democratic...
Bijoy Dibos: Reminiscing the birth of a free Bangladesh in its golden jubilee year
Bijoy Dibos means the Day of Victory in Bengali language. In Hindi, this day is known as Vijay Diwas, celebrated on 16 December every...