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Northeast India’s Emerging Railway Network: Opportunities for Trade
Oct 28, 2025

Northeast India’s Emerging Railway Network: Opportunities for Trade

Expanding railway links are reshaping Northeast India’s connectivity, opening new trade corridors and economic opportunities across borders.

Future Ready Combat Vehicle: Prioritising Mobility for Modern Warfare
Aug 13, 2025

Future Ready Combat Vehicle: Prioritising Mobility for Modern Warfare

India’s Future Ready Combat Vehicle must prioritise mobility to meet operational demands along contested borders against China and Pakistan.

Having Achieved Scale, UPI Must Power India's Grand Strategy
Jun 07, 2025

Having Achieved Scale, UPI Must Power India's Grand Strategy

The start-up stage is over. The pilot projects are done. Now, the world’s largest payments system must cross borders,  as part of India’s grand s

Indian Customs at the Heart of Viksit Bharat
Jun 02, 2025

Indian Customs at the Heart of Viksit Bharat

Indian Customs is playing a pivotal role in achieving Viksit Bharat by securing borders, streamlining trade, and integrating India into global value c

India’s Geo-economic Warfare Post-Pahalgam
May 28, 2025

India’s Geo-economic Warfare Post-Pahalgam

From closing borders to lobbying FATF, India’s response to the Pahalgam attack reveals a new strategy: geo-economic warfare over gunfire.

Assessing the Taliban’s Connectivity Agenda in Afghanistan
May 27, 2025

Assessing the Taliban’s Connectivity Agenda in Afghanistan

The Taliban’s infrastructure push aims to boost legitimacy, bypass Pakistan, and secure regional trade ties—despite financial, security, and diplo

भोजन की राह में साझेदारी: भारत और यूएई का साझा संकल्प
Apr 25, 2025

भोजन की राह में साझेदारी: भारत और यूएई का साझा संकल्प

जलवायु परिवर्तन और खाद्य आपूर्ति श्रृंखलाओं में आने वा�

Bridging Borders, Feeding Futures: India-UAE Pathways to Food Security
Apr 22, 2025

Bridging Borders, Feeding Futures: India-UAE Pathways to Food Security

With climate shocks and supply risks surging, India and the UAE are committed to fostering a strategic food bridge—linking farms, ports, and policy

Securing India’s Skies: Countering the Threat of GPS Spoofing and Hybrid Warfare
Apr 17, 2025

Securing India’s Skies: Countering the Threat of GPS Spoofing and Hybrid Warfare

Rising GPS spoofing attacks along India’s borders highlight a growing cyber threat, calling for urgent, homegrown solutions powered by innovation an

Online radicalisation in Malaysia: Regional risks and responses
Mar 22, 2025

Online radicalisation in Malaysia: Regional risks and responses

Online radicalisation is rising in Malaysia, fuelling extremism across Southeast Asia. Social media enables recruitment, posing security risks beyond

एशिया की सबसे ‘अस्थिर’ सीमा!
Jan 13, 2025

एशिया की सबसे ‘अस्थिर’ सीमा!

मौजूदा समय में भारत के पड़ोस में अंतरराष्ट्रीय हस्तक्षे�

Asia’s most volatile frontier
Jan 08, 2025

Asia’s most volatile frontier

Today, with international interference in India’s neighbourhood and the rise of armed groups and extremist ideologies, India faces some serious secu

Conflicts without cures: Health on the move
Dec 19, 2024

Conflicts without cures: Health on the move

International Migrants Day reminds us that while borders may be imaginary lines, the barriers to healthcare for those crossing them are all too real

Tuning American diplomacy: Melody beyond borders
Oct 07, 2023

Tuning American diplomacy: Melody beyond borders

The US aims to promote music diplomacy to promote global peace and democracy, as part of its larger foreign policy goals

The 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests: reactions and responses from the Indo-Pacific
May 11, 2023

The 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests: reactions and responses from the Indo-Pacific

There is increasing recognition that, given India shares land borders with nuclear-armed countries like Pakistan and China, it was imperative for Indi

Sino-India border dispute: India should err on the side of caution
Jan 16, 2023

Sino-India border dispute: India should err on the side of caution

India should remain wary about Chinese presence on its borders despite Chinese assessments stating otherwise

Influencing Chinese behaviour: A need for a strategic shift in India’s policy
Dec 07, 2022

Influencing Chinese behaviour: A need for a strategic shift in India’s policy

India will require both quantitative and qualitative augmentation of its nuclear capabilities if it hopes to deter Chinese military activities within

Porous borders: The Indo-Bangladesh challenge of human trafficking
Jul 30, 2022

Porous borders: The Indo-Bangladesh challenge of human trafficking

Both India and Bangladesh need to strengthen cross-border mechanisms to combat human trafficking.

Human trafficking across the BBIN subregional borders: Awaiting a concrete framework
Jul 30, 2022

Human trafficking across the BBIN subregional borders: Awaiting a concrete framework

Better border management and regulations need to be set in place by the BBIN member states to curb human trafficking in this region.

Nepal–India relations in post-COVID-19 period
Jan 10, 2022

Nepal–India relations in post-COVID-19 period

The relations between India and Nepal have reverted to the pre-pandemic period as both countries have reopened borders

Digital democracies and virtual frontiers: How do we safeguard democracy in the 4IR?
Dec 10, 2021

Digital democracies and virtual frontiers: How do we safeguard democracy in the 4IR?

Open societies have always defended their borders stoutly and they must also safeguard the new digital frontlines

Harrying the Himalayas: China’s land borders law and its implications for Nepal and Bhutan
Dec 07, 2021

Harrying the Himalayas: China’s land borders law and its implications for Nepal and Bhutan

Both Nepal and Bhutan find themselves increasingly cornered by China’s new land border laws

China’s new border law: A concern for India
Nov 18, 2021

China’s new border law: A concern for India

Against the backdrop of Chinese aggression at the border, the new border law by China is setting off alarm bells in India

Fallout of Afghan crisis in Nepal
Nov 15, 2021

Fallout of Afghan crisis in Nepal

The growing unstable political scenario in Afghanistan has created a refugee problem for Nepal despite having no common borders

Exporting Indian healthcare workers to the world
Jul 14, 2021

Exporting Indian healthcare workers to the world

At a time when countries are closing borders and curbing migration, health workers are the exception.

The borders that bind us
May 12, 2021

The borders that bind us

The greatest learning and empathy reveals itself only when walls are brought down.

Bangladesh–India relations: Empowering the third space for a way forward
Mar 25, 2021

Bangladesh–India relations: Empowering the third space for a way forward

A “third space” of ground-level stakeholders needs to be nurtured: Bonds of hearts and minds spanning the political and national borders, based on

Defence budget and the big picture
Feb 03, 2021

Defence budget and the big picture

A strong and capable military will deter any adversary from casting an evil design. Let the situation at the borders under the pandemic times be a pus

The challenges and opportunities of innovating in India
Oct 30, 2020

The challenges and opportunities of innovating in India

We must build the credibility of Indian innovation within our borders and convince people that the quality of research done in India is at par with th

Unquiet borders on the Himalayas
Jul 08, 2020

Unquiet borders on the Himalayas

Peace and war are not the only options in any bilateral relationship. Numerous issues, more or less serious, emerge between two countries which demand

China’s revisionism: From Hong Kong to India’s borders
May 30, 2020

China’s revisionism: From Hong Kong to India’s borders

Make no mistake — China under Xi’s leadership is one of the most assertive and aggressive powers the world has encountered in a long time.

Nepal’s response to Covid19
Mar 30, 2020

Nepal’s response to Covid19

Nepal is yet to make an announcement of plans to see how it works on economic recovery and how it will approach multilateral and bilateral agencies fo

Beyond the South Asia-centric notion of neighbourhood
May 30, 2019

Beyond the South Asia-centric notion of neighbourhood

As India’s interests move beyond its borders, the fixation with South Asia-centric notion of neighbourhood can no longer serve as a useful analytica

2018 — A testing year for Pakistan
Jan 04, 2018

2018 — A testing year for Pakistan

In 2018, Pakistan would move deeper into internal chaos, its relations with its neighbours would only worsen adding to tensions on both its borders.

China’s innovation boom: Lessons for India
Nov 08, 2017

China’s innovation boom: Lessons for India

China’s most fascinating online experiments are taking place beyond the borders of its traditional technology sector.

The belt and road to China’s “new era” of global power
Oct 25, 2017

The belt and road to China’s “new era” of global power

The dragon has officially risen. But as China spreads its reach and influence beyond its borders through the Belt and Road Initiative, implementation

Standoff on the Doklam plateau: Another instance of Chinese lawfare
Jul 07, 2017

Standoff on the Doklam plateau: Another instance of Chinese lawfare

China's renewed focus on the Indian border should be seen in the wider context of its status as a revisionist power and its provocative actions across

Borders, enclaves and progressive exchanges
Jun 10, 2015

Borders, enclaves and progressive exchanges

The unanimous passage of the LBA bill through both houses of Parliament underlines the growing maturity of the political discourse on foreign policy in India. In particular, the larger political parties have shown that building consensus on India's foreign policy can increasingly be a bipartisan affair.

China’s Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam
Nov 04, 2025

China’s Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam

In the past seven decades, China has been actively building civilian, military, and dual-use infrastructure in Xinjiang and Tibet—which it calls, respectively, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). This infrastructure web runs close to India’s northern borders, over which clashes have led to two standoffs in the recent past: in mid-2017 (at Doklam) and in mid-2020 (in Galwan Valley). China’s inf