India’s BRICS Moment: Can New Delhi Shape Security in West Asia?
BRICS is no longer just a diplomatic club for emerging economies. Its 11 members represent approximately 49.5% of the world's population, 40% of global...
India’s China-US Dilemma: Why New Delhi Risks Getting Trapped in Bipolarity
The US-China G-2 concept is both normatively exclusionary and strategically constraining. The inherent limits of a G-2 framework—hierarchy, power structure, and systematic constraints—make it...
China’s Aid to Nepal: A New Model of Global South Cooperation?
China's aid model to Nepal, especially during crises and natural disasters, is a prime example of Global South solidarity, presented by Beijing as a...
Has India Learned to ‘Manage’ China? Beijing Scholars Debate New Delhi’s Strategy
After SR Talks in Beijing yielded positive eight-point consensus, experts and analysts in India have welcomed the new-found optimism in relations with China. However,...
One Spark, Many Streets: The Transnational Mechanics of Asia’s Gen-Z Revolts
Back in May, India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant likened the country’s unemployed youth to cockroaches. The targeted generation, perhaps more politically adept than Mr....
When Censorship Becomes Law: The Taliban’s Transformation of Information Control
From Media Restrictions to a Legal Architecture of Silence
The most consequential development in Afghanistan's information environment may no longer be the individual restrictions imposed...
The Crowded Table: Why Four Mediators Have Failed to Fix the Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire
The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan resembles a ghost. It exists on paper but peace remains missing on the ground. Along the Durand Line,...
Is Afghanistan a Preview of Where Global Press Freedom Is Heading?
What Five Years of Directives Add Up To
On August 10, 2026, Reporters Without Borders marked five years of Taliban rule with an assessment that...
Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
Can a Treaty Survive Once One Side Decides Trust Is Gone
On May 15, 2026, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that a dam...
Why India’s Youth Are Turning Against Narendra Modi?
For more than a decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi built his political appeal around economic development, welfare expansion, and the promise of opportunity....