India’s US$ 8 billion deal for German Type-214 submarines secures AIP transfer, sustains Project 75I, and rebuilds conventional submarine capability ...
Pakistan joins Trump’s Board of Peace, seeking legitimacy and leverage on Kashmir, but India’s strength and US priorities limit its gains ...
With elections approaching, Bangladesh finds itself at the centre of intensifying US-China competition in the Bay of Bengal, testing its ability to balance rival strategic pulls ...
Trump’s Board of Peace, framed as a solution to the UN’s limitations in conflict resolution, signals an executive-led conflict governance model, raising concerns over its mandate and legitimacy ...
India’s security forces are replacing seasonal pauses with sustained counterterror operations across Jammu and Kashmir ...
Myanmar’s managed elections consolidate military rule, risk escalating armed resistance, and create complex strategic and diplomatic challenges for India ...
Through the OSA, Japan is adapting its diplomacy to an Indo-Pacific marked by contested influence and shifting power balances ...
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 ...
Mitu Sengupta is a Full Professor with the Department of Politics and Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Council for Social Development (CSD) and Senior Adjunct Fellow at Research andInformation Systems for Developing ...
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Mitu Sengupta is a Full Professor with the Department of Politics and Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Council for Social Development (CSD) and Senior Adjunct Fellow at Research andInformation Systems for Developing ...
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