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The 'FOMO' of Australia
Is the 'fear of abandonment' still guiding it's foreign policy?
Volume 1 - Issue 12
India & South Asia
The India-EU FTA and what it means for India: The Risk, and the politics of change
If India does well, the deal could help it move up in a more stable economic order. If it fails, it could make the gap between sectors that are connected to the rest of the world and those that aren't even bigger.
How Subash Chandra Bose Remains Relevant Even Today
Bose's political views were shaped by a mix of Indian spiritual nationalism, European socialist ideas, and movements against imperialism in other parts of the world. But How is Subash Chandra Bose relevant even today ?
Europe’s Climate Protectionism: CBAM’s challenge to India’s Steel Industry
For decades, “protectionism” was a word associated with the shielding of domestic jobs or infant industries through traditional tariffs.Today, a new variant has emerged at the intersection of environmental policy and international commerce: Climate Protectionism
When oil is cheap, strategic autonomy is easy
True strategic autonomy will not be achieved by rhetoric or selective resistance, but through structural changes such as energy diversification, increased domestic capacity, and less sensitivity to external price shocks
Theory
2. Anvikshiki : How Does a Ruler Attains Intellectual Independence?
Anvikshiki : Kautilya doesn't want his King to be a mere puppet. Instead he wants the ruler to develop the art of critical enquiry and achieve intellectual independence.
1. Vinaya : What does it Mean and Why it is Important for a Ruler ?
What is Vinaya, and Why it is so important that Kautilya places Vinaya in the very beginning of Arthasastra.
Revisiting Mackinder in the Arctic: Greenland and the New Geopolitical Pivot
The ice is melting, the distances are shortening, and the former perimeters of the world are shifting towards the center. In other words, the Arctic region is not a new theater of geopolitics. Let's analyse the geopolitics of Arctic through Mackinder
Manufacturing the ‘Enemy’: How India’s Right Wing Thrives
In contemporary India, the survival of the political right is no longer anchored in governance, delivery, or even ideological coherence; it is anchored in the continuous production of an enemy.
Focus China
Rivalry Meets Reality : How China and India Keep the Rapeseed Flowing
Despite their longstanding geopolitical rivalry, China and India have maintained steady trade relations over the years. Even during periods of heightened tension, such as the phase following the Doklam standoff, bilateral trade continued largely uninterrupted.
Why is China’s rise seen as a threat by the West, but India’s is not?
In one of our ‘The dialectics’ weekly conversations on South Asia, the Editor pointed out, rather an interesting fact, that we somehow do
China’s Artificial Islands on Low tide elevations: Can Concrete Create Sovereignty?
As defined under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Article 13
China’s dominance in Rare Earth Minerals and Processing Technology
The rare earth mineral became a buzz word in 2010 when China unofficially “halted” rare-earth exports to Japan
Indo - Pacific
The ‘Fear of Abandonment’ theory : Can Australia lead Indo-Pacific’s Rules-Based Order Averting US’s Intervention
Based on the work of Allan Gyngell’s “Fear of Abandonment”, since WWII Australia’s foreign policy has been dictated by three strands- alliance, regional engagement and rules-based order.
Australia’s recent ‘Four R’ formula: What it tells us about changing International order ?
The Four R formula - As the world is at its most uncertain phase with protectionism on rise and international law is eroding, the addition of the fourth strand to its foreign policy is a timely evolution. Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia came up this 4R strategy recently.
AUKUS is Not primarily about China; it is more about France
Is AUKUS Vs France real ? AUKUS had consequences that extended beyond China-centric strategic calculations. The speculated reason for the removal of France was geopolitical contestation between the US and France
Australia’s Strategy of Deterrence by Denial : What do the White Papers Say ?
How Australia's Defence strategy has evolved from "Forward Defence" to striving for self reliance through the "strategy of Denial"
History
WHY WEST IS CALLED THE WEST
The West vs East narrative is often discussed and used by intellectuals and political rhetorics. But how did the term come to use as a terminology of Identity rather than just a geography
What the Fall of the USSR Teaches Us About Iran
Fall of Khomeini ?? - History does not foretell destiny, but they illuminate possible futures. And they remind us that regimes often appear strongest just before the ground beneath them finally gives way.
The Louvre Heist : Let’s Read History through the Stolen Jewels
Just imagine a view, a crisp Sunday morning in Paris, October 19, 2025. The sunlight enters through the grand windows of the Louvre, casting golden beams on the marble floors.
Project MK Ultra: The Real ‘Stranger Things’ America Did in the Name of National Security While Devouring Democracy
In history, Project MKUltra remains one of the most disturbing examples of how democratic states, under conditions of perceived existential threat, can reproduce the very forms of coercion they publicly condemn.
Magazine
The ‘Fear of Abandonment’ theory : Can Australia lead Indo-Pacific’s Rules-Based Order Averting US’s Intervention
Based on the work of Allan Gyngell’s “Fear of Abandonment”, since WWII Australia’s foreign policy has been dictated by three strands- alliance, regional engagement and rules-based order.
Australia’s recent ‘Four R’ formula: What it tells us about changing International order ?
The Four R formula - As the world is at its most uncertain phase with protectionism on rise and international law is eroding, the addition of the fourth strand to its foreign policy is a timely evolution. Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia came up this 4R strategy recently.
AUKUS is Not primarily about China; it is more about France
Is AUKUS Vs France real ? AUKUS had consequences that extended beyond China-centric strategic calculations. The speculated reason for the removal of France was geopolitical contestation between the US and France
Australia’s Strategy of Deterrence by Denial : What do the White Papers Say ?
How Australia's Defence strategy has evolved from "Forward Defence" to striving for self reliance through the "strategy of Denial"