The CPEC 2.0 has a significantly different development toward becoming a framework that pushes through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and now all the way to Afghanistan, effectively excluding New Delhi as part of the critical regional connectivity paths. ...
India needs to understand the Chinese geopolitical aspirations and their desperation to come across as the leader of the Global South to establish Chinese centrality. ...
All things considered, relations between India and Fiji share a robust historical past and a glorious recent present. ...
Data sovereignty calls for a well-structured policy-making which will address the complexities of data privacy and security. ...
The Rohingya crisis is entering its ninth year. Bangladesh is playing generously, but this has not been possible for them for a long time. ...
Lipulekh is more than a strategic pass; it embodies the complex interplay of history, geography, and national aspirations in the Himalayas. ...
As India looks towards the future, it should plan its agricultural policies as much as possible around the WTO-sanctioned flexibilities, which bolster their legitimacy when the country argues its position in multilateral spaces. ...
Unless New Delhi can turn this moment into real leverage - guaranteed commitments, exploited vulnerabilities, and more broadly, Indo-Pacific-oriented diplomacy, we are likely to find ourselves back in another circular pattern: another flare-up, another freeze, yet another staged thaw. ...
The resumption of the MCC-Nepal compact represents more than a financial injection; it is a test of Nepal’s ability to harness international partnerships for national transformation. ...
How India-China Rapprochement will Shape Regional and Global Order
Since the Kazan BRICS Summit in October 2024, India and China have cautiously moved towards rapprochement through a series of steps. ...