Commentaries & Articles
Eurasian Responses to the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack and Operation Sindoor: An Assessment

The terrorist attack on April 22, 2025, in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed the lives of at least 26 civilians, including one Nepalese national, sent shockwaves through South Asia and beyond. The terror attack bore the hallmarks of cross-bo....

SMART-FTA: A New Trade Architecture for India’s Future

India’s global trade strategy is at a crossroads. This article presents a fresh, future-ready framework — SMART- FTA (Free Trade Agreement) — that reimagines free trade not as a diplomatic checkbox, but as a dynamic, data-governed system.....

Evolution of Environmental Agendas

On 5th June, the world celebrated the Environment Day. The actions by nations and the global community towards the conservation of nature show the collective concern for the planet. However, the steps taken in this direction are far from adequate. Th....

New Delhi’s Diplomatic Campaign on Operation Sindoor: A Korean Perspective

Recently a group of politicians from New Delhi visited Seoul as a part of the Indian government’s global outreach with regard to its military as well as diplomatic responses to the brutal terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, a popular resort a....

US–China Confrontation at the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue

This year’s IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, held in Singapore came at a time of heightening US-China contestation and strategic rivalry. Framed against this backdrop, the forum discussed a plethora of issues focussed on the region’s most pressing secur....

Assessing Recent India-Pakistan Military Conflict and Options for India

The latest India-Pakistan military conflict has given a reality check to the religiously inclined ideologue Army Chief/Field Marshal of Pakistan, General Syed Asim Munir, that his “hardline” approach and continued use of ‘non-state actors’ to....

Op Sindoor: Time to Hit the Refresh Button

While the military aspects of Op Sindoor have been discussed, the examination of the diplomatic fallout of Op Sindoor is just beginning. There were unintended consequences of Op Sindoor. In an unprecedented diplomatic move, India sent seven high-....

A Colonial Legacy: The Unethical Sale of Sacred Relics

On 5th May, 2025, the Ministry of Culture under the Government of India issued a legal notice to Sotheby’s and Mr. Chris Peppé demanding the immediate halt of the auction titled "The Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha, Mauryan Empire, Ashok....

Skewed Positions that the UN Takes

In one of its recent meetings, the United Nations Security Council refused to buy Pakistan’s position on the Pahalgam terrorist attack which prompted India to launch Operation Sindoor. The meeting was attended by the five permanent members as well ....

Recalibrating U.S. Foreign Policy: President Trump's May 2025 Gulf Visit and Its Strategic Implications

President Donald J. Trump's May 2025 visit to the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marked a pivotal moment in the United States' (U.S.) foreign policy engagement in West Asia (the Middle East).....

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