Hindol SenguptaThe Curious Case of General Raheel SharifBedouins taking aim by Adolf Schreyer, 1828-1899; source: Bonhams Ensconced deep in the story of Pakistan’s fall out with Saudi Arabia is...
Hindol SenguptaWhy has Pakistan lost friends in the Middle East? Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan driving the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman as a special gesture of welcome during a...
Hindol SenguptaWhy the tales of Marthanda Varma and Pazhassi Raja could reform the study of international relationsAn artist's impression of the Dutch Commander Eustachius De Lannoy to Marthanda Varma. James Palmer, a British editor at Foreign Policy...
Abhyoday Sisodia The Decline of US Hegemony in AsiaIn the recent past, the US Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group carried out high-end dual-carrier exercises...
Vikramjit BanerjeeRethinking International LawA painting of an old English courtroom. Conceptualising International Law The conception of law that we know today is deeply problematic....
Tanya SpisbahIndia: Turning Crisis into Opportunity with ‘inclusive independence’ and a human-centric world view Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving the independence day speech on August 15, 2020. This weekend Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
Mrittunjoy Guha MajumdarTalibanisation, ISI and AfghanistanThis is an exclusive interview where Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar, a researcher at the University of Cambridge, speaks to Khushnood Nabizada,...
Mrittunjoy Guha MajumdarTo Compete More Effectively in the World, India needs to become QuTech-friendlyThis is the quantum age. With the diversification of theoretical and experimental forays into realising quantum technology (QuTech), the...
Ahmed YounesEgypt on Two Fronts: An Egyptian View on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Libyan CrisisEgypt, a veritable regional power, is facing two pressing challenges in the international arena. The first challenge to Egypt is an...
Lavanya VemsaniIndia’s Foreign Policy Needs to Escape the Legacy of Colonial EntanglementsIndia is currently trapped in numerous foreign policy entanglements dictated by her colonized past. Upon independence India continued and...
Ishan Dhar & Deekhit BhattacharyaThe Curse of the Custodian: Jordan’s Fragile Stability & The Deal of the CenturyExecutive Summary The piece intends to explore why certain states such as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have emerged as ‘pillars of...
Hindol SenguptaThe weaponisation of fake history to divide India and Israel and neo-racism on a Nazi symbol Why Hindus and Jews have no reason to quarrel on a Nazi sign. And why the use of the wrong word for the Nazi symbol is racist. The...
Abhinav SeetharamanRecreating a New Hong KongOn June 30, China officially placed into effect a controversial new national security law for Hong Kong. The law has been met with...
Hindol SenguptaInside China and India's Battle for Buddhism Source: British Museum In his 2017 book, The Souls of China, the Canadian scholar, and longtime Beijing-er, Ian Johnson makes the point...
Urvi TembeyVIDEO: The Paradoxical Use of 'Powerlessness to Attain Power' in Contemporary Trade NegotiationsIn this exclusive interview Amrita Narlikar, the president of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies and Professor at the...
The Hon Mr Barry O’Farrell AOAustralia: A friend for these timesIrresistible forces are bringing India and Australia closer together. One in every 50 Australians is of Indian origin. We share an ocean,...
Richa JayalAsia Cannot Afford to Misjudge Xi’s China; Japan’s Measured Moves are Proof it Doesn’t Plan ToChina’s appetite for confrontation seems insatiable. In the last few months, its coastguards have sunk two Vietnamese fishing boats, the...
Eerishika Pankaj India’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Ties Post-COVIDIndia continued to remain the biggest borrower and second-largest shareholder of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIIB) in...
Ashley Eadon, Ishan Dhar & Deekhit BhattacharyaManjushri’s Sword: Rethinking Tibet & East Turkestan’s Roles in Dealing with ChinaThe intention here is to argue that the roles for Tibet and East Turkestan when it comes to dealing with China are far greater than just...
Ahmed YounesThe Beginnings of a Divided Libya: An Inexorable Fall to Frozen ConflictThe Arab spring or autumn as some might call it, witnessed the creation of new regimes, alliances and power shifts. The one country in...