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The Africa Forward Moment: A Reset in France–Africa Relations
International Affairs May 21, 2026

The Africa Forward Moment: A Reset in France–Africa Relations

The Africa Forward summit in Nairobi signals a decisive shift in France–Africa relations—from military engagement to trade and investment-oriented partnership amid changing dynamics in the Sahel and beyond ...

Creating an India–Africa People-to-People Partnership for the Next Decade
International Affairs May 20, 2026

Creating an India–Africa People-to-People Partnership for the Next Decade

As India and Africa approach the fourth India–Africa Forum Summit, the next decade calls for a shift from capacity building to co-created, innovation-led people-to-people partnership ...

BRICS in a Fractured Order: What the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Revealed
International Affairs | Multilateralism May 20, 2026

BRICS in a Fractured Order: What the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Revealed

The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting underscored the grouping’s preference for pragmatic engagement, institutional reform, and issue-based cooperation, even when geopolitical fault lines prevent full consensus ...

Beyond Buildings: Staffing India’s Expanding AIIMS Network
Healthcare May 20, 2026

Beyond Buildings: Staffing India’s Expanding AIIMS Network

India has expanded the AIIMS network across underserved regions, but its next phase must focus on attracting and retaining the faculty who make tertiary care work ...

Operationalising the East: India’s Naval Engagement with Myanmar
Neighbourhood May 20, 2026

Operationalising the East: India’s Naval Engagement with Myanmar

India is using sustained naval engagement with Myanmar to strengthen its maritime position in the increasingly contested Bay of Bengal ...

COP30 Roadmaps and the Ocean Agenda
Maritime Security | Climate Change May 19, 2026

COP30 Roadmaps and the Ocean Agenda

Carrying forward ocean-centred roadmaps on energy, forests, and finance is essential to translate climate ambition into durable, science-aligned action ...

Did Trump Just Blunt the Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan?
International Affairs May 19, 2026

Did Trump Just Blunt the Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan?

Trump’s muted response to Xi’s Taiwan red line during his recent China visit signals a dramatic shift in his Taiwan policy ...

Mines, Blockades, and Coercion: Iran's Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz
International Affairs May 19, 2026

Mines, Blockades, and Coercion: Iran's Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's selective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, enforced through naval mines, gunboat patrols, and calculated ambiguity, exposes the limits of the rules-based maritime order in the face of deliberate geopolitical coercion ...

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Durga Narayan is a Field Operations Lead, Karnataka - UNFPA Project on Interstate Migration and Socioeconomic Vulnerabilities. ...

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