After Ukraine and Gaza: Has Global Diplomacy Entered a Post Normative Era?
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the reaction extended beyond a simple violation of sovereignty. It concerned the disintegration of an entire normative framework that had characterized post-Cold War international relations.
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. […]
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
The Ever Evolving Saga of Sir Creek
Fisherfolk from the coastlines of Kutch (in India) and Sindh (in Pakistan) often find themselves broiled in the geopolitics of their geography. Their livelihoods are
China’s Indian Ocean Playbook : Blending Geoeconomics with Military Might Through Anti-Access and Area Denial
Over the past two decades, China’s strategic posture in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has undergone a profound transformation, shifting from a peripheral commercial presence to an increasingly structured geopolitical and military engagement. The IOR is long dominated by extra-regional powers, such as the United States, France, United Kingdom and India, now forms a critical […]
Securing Asia’s Superhighway: Inside India’s Malacca Strait Strategy
In early September 2025, a significant chapter was added to the relationship between India and Singapore
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
Territorial Thinking: When the Land-Based Idea of Sovereignty Fuels Ocean Disputes
The idea of owning and controlling land (territoriality) has long shaped how countries deal with each other. What once began as a matter of physical demarcation on land has extended into the fluid and legally complex maritime domain. This aspect is what experts call ‘territoriality’. So what is Territorialisation of maritime disputes? When the states […]
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