Author argues that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's attempt to shift blame for security lapses onto the Lieutenant Governor obscures a deeper, decades-old trust deficit between Srinagar and New Delhi, one rooted in successive Kashmiri political leaderships' own complicity in nurturing separatism, radical seminaries, land grabs, and the persecution of Kashmiri Pandits, making the state's political establishment, not any constitutional ambiguity, ultimately responsible for the erosion of trust that enabled terrorism to take root. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Articles, Culture & Society, Security & Strategy
From Yāna to Neo-Yāna: Reimagining Kautilya for Modern Statecraft
Neo-Yāna offers such framework for Bharat integrating hard and soft power, diplomacy and deterrence, technology and resilience, and partnerships and strategic autonomy. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Articles, Culture & Society, Economics, Environment & Climate, Security & Strategy
From Geopolitical Asset to Energy Hub: Reimagining Trincomalee in India–Sri Lanka Relations
The article argues that Trincomalee is undergoing a strategic transformation from a historically contested geopolitical maritime asset into a geoeconomic and energy cooperation hub, reflecting the shift in India–Sri Lanka relations towards connectivity, energy security, and regional resilience while balancing the strategic influence of external powers in the Indian Ocean. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Articles, Culture & Society, Security & Strategy
The Ceuta Crisis: A Border That Keeps Breaking Open
The author argues that Ceuta is not really a story about one difficult week at one border. It is a story about a policy failure the European Union has never fixed. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Articles, Diplomacy, Politics, Security & Strategy
Beyond the Funeral Spectacle: Deciphering Iran’s Internal Fractures and Geopolitical Calculus
The article argues that Tehran used the funeral ceremonies to mask internal divisions and reinforce the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic amid mounting domestic unrest. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Articles, Culture & Society, Diplomacy, Politics, Security & Strategy
From Human Ties to Strategic Trust: The India-Seychelles Story
The India–Seychelles relationship began in 1770 with the arrival of the first Indians on the archipelago, creating people-to-people ties that have endured for over two and a half centuries. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The article argues that the proposed Iran–U.S. agreement risks strengthening rather than weakening Iran's ruling establishment by preserving the institutional power of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps while granting substantial economic relief. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The article argues that the June 2026 US-Iran agreement and the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz reveal a declining American-led regional order, a strengthening Iranian strategic position, growing divisions within the Western alliance, and the emergence of a more multipolar Middle East geopolitical landscape. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
Articles, Culture & Society, Security & Strategy
At India’s Maritime Doorstep: The Radical Transformation of Great Coco Island
The Eastern Indian Ocean is undergoing an unprecedented structural shift, challenging the regional security framework as the People’s Republic of China aggressively pursues a two-ocean strategy through proxy infrastructure networks. Amid this growing friction in the region lies the Great Coco Island, a highly strategic territory belonging to Myanmar, located just 55 kilometres from India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]
The author argues that geostrategic factors are critical, and India cannot remain a spectator while the wider Central Asian region is being reorganised by China. [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]


