Xi's PLA purges spark domestic unease, but Chinese media spins anti-graft campaign as vital for military strength ...
By linking two vast markets, the EU-India Free Trade Agreement signals a strategic push towards diversification, resilience, and deeper economic alignment in an increasingly volatile geo-economic landscape ...
The EU–India FTA places clean energy cooperation and calibrated CBAM flexibilities at the core of a broader strategic partnership, with impact hinging on how rules, finance, and standards are operationalised ...
US policy shifts threaten free SSA data access. This serves as a wake-up call for India and demands an indigenous response: the Bharat Space Objects Catalogue. ...
At COP30, climate ambition collided with political reality—exposing fragile finance pledges, uneven commitments, and the limits of consensus-driven climate governance ...
As climate risks are increasingly embedded into sovereign credit ratings, developing countries face higher borrowing costs that undermine access to climate finance and entrench global climate injustice ...
From top commanders to business intermediaries, Beijing intensifies scrutiny of corruption across the Party–military nexus ...
The VBSA Bill 2025 seeks to give statutory form to the NEP’s vision of “light but tight” regulation, but leaves most regulatory details and operationalisation of autonomy to future rules, while omitting a statutory funding framework altogether ...
Xi’s CMC purge prioritises loyalty over competence, likely undermining the PLA’s command cohesion and operational effectiveness ...
Kim Jong Un’s careful elevation of Kim Ju Ae reflects early succession signalling, shaped by regime stability and strategic caution ...
Across diverse political systems, youth-led protests have highlighted the inability of economic growth alone to translate into jobs, equity, and upward mobility ...
The Global South shifts in US strategy from periphery to strategic infrastructure—central to security, but instrumentally included without agency ...
The United States’ multilateral retreat is pushing global development cooperation into an age of entropy, redefining how power, norms, and partnerships are negotiated ...
AI integration into nuclear and non-nuclear systems is reshaping deterrence, escalation risks, and strategic stability in the new nuclear age ...
Moscow’s restrained response to events in Venezuela reflects its limited capacity to project power abroad and its reluctance to jeopardise negotiations with Washington over Ukraine ...
The UAE’s aerospace sector has transformed from a buyer of foreign systems to a builder of domestic capability, guided by strategic institutions, long-term planning, and innovation-driven industrialisation ...
Saudi Arabia’s engagement with BRICS and OPEC+ reflects a calibrated multi-alignment strategy in an evolving multipolar order ...
As global trade disruptions and rising costs expose weaknesses in goods exports, Budget 2026–27 must treat export competitiveness as a system-wide fiscal priority spanning productivity, logistics reliability, standards, and risk financing ...
Harit Sagar outlines India’s push to green ports while linking climate action with maritime growth and trade ...
As cyber fraud shifts from metros to India’s hinterlands, AI-led policing and governance are becoming central to protecting first-time digital users and sustaining trust in the digital economy ...
The Indian Army’s rejection of the Stryker highlights the need to field domestically developed armoured platforms ...
India’s first Quantum Diamond Microscope marks a critical step towards practical quantum sensing under the National Quantum Mission ...
By aligning infrastructure development, digital connectivity, and regional diplomacy, Northeast India can anchor India’s eastern trade and connectivity ambitions in the Indo-Pacific ...
For Europe, the idea that the US could turn from an ally to a potential aggressor is deeply unsettling. This angst, however, can be channelled towards reform and renewal. ...
As Japan cautiously edges towards becoming an immigration country amid demographic decline, a contested domestic debate is shaping where Indian and other foreign workers fit into its evolving labour market and social fabric ...
Ashish Upreti is a serving Indian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, crisis management and strategic communications. He has represented India at international forums and written articles and opinion pieces for national and international publications. In ...
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Ashish Upreti is a serving Indian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, crisis management and strategic communications. He has represented India at international forums and written articles and opinion pieces for national and international publications. In ...
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