The “Green Protectionism” Era: Is Climate Policy Becoming the New Trade War
The worldwide effort to decarbonize is no longer limited to climate summits, diplomacy, or scientific urgency. It has invaded the sector where great-power rivalries are most fiercely contested: commerce. As governments compete to establish green businesses, acquire crucial minerals, and defend domestic manufacturing, climate policy is evolving into the language of a new trade conflict. […]
Authoritarianism or Pragmatism ? : How Can We Understand Sheikh Hasina’s Leadership
Sheikh Hasina is one of South Asia’s longest-serving politicians, and her impact on Bangladesh is wide-
Is the United Nations Organization repeating the League of Nations mistake?
The present order of the UN is not capable of dealing with the challenges of today The External Affairs Minister’s address to the United Nations once again highlighted the obsolete structure of the United Nations Security Council. Time and again, we have heard about the urgency regarding the reforms at the UNO. This proposition becomes […]
Why India’s Non-Fossil Revolution Should Not be Measured in megawatts only
India made headlines around the world when it reached a major milestone: around 50% of its installed electricity capacity now
Fragile Buffer: A Critical Reflection on Nepal’s Statehood in 2025
This report observes and analyses the acute political and social crisis of the ongoing Nepal crisis 2025. The rise of mass youth led
The New Red Sea Reality: How Maritime Instability is Rewriting Global Trade Routes
The world’s commerce map is being redrawn—not by trade agreements or technology, but by missiles, drones, and the ongoing instability in one of the world’s most critical waterways. The Red Sea, which has long been a reliable trade route, has become a geopolitical flashpoint. What is taking place there is more than simply another regional […]
Climate Inaction and The Ever Neglected Eastern India
In the last two months, Eastern India has suffered a familiar disaster: disastrous floods that have buried farmlands, displaced thousands, and brought daily life to a halt. From overflowing rivers in Bihar and West Bengal to embankment breaches in Odisha, this year’s monsoon has revealed not only a climatic pattern but also a policy failure […]
Where is Ladakh and its people: Between Allegiance and Alienation?
In the cold desert of Ladakh, silence has always been its own language. It is a silence shaped by the high-altitude winds, by Buddhist monasteries perched on crags, by Muslim hamlets along rivers, by the discipline of mountain survival, and by the rituals of a borderland that has lived at the uneasy edge of empires. […]
India’s Surging Oil Demand shows Its energy story is not a binary “oil vs. renewables” one
India has entered a perplexing energy decade. On the one hand, it is now the world’s largest source of incremental oil demand until 2030; on the other, it is one of the most ambitious growing economies in terms of clean energy ambitions, ranging from green hydrogen to EV buses. Walking this tightrope, energy security today […]
Strengthening Multilateralism with Global South Characteristics
Global politics has witnessed a transformation in its conduct and format, powerful countries are less