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  • 15 Jul 2025
    • India
    • Trade

    Pivot to the West: India’s changing trade strategy

    Ved Shinde
    Even for a country of India’s economic size, not prioritising exports is unviable.
  • 11 Jul 2025
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Can Australia, India and Indonesia really sail together?

    Rahman Yaacob
    Mismatched strategic culture is the main obstacle to joint maritime security ambitions.
  • 10 Jul 2025
    • India
    • Australia

    India-Australia: A partnership a long time coming

    Anondeeta Chakraborty
    There are important lessons from the last time Canberra and New Delhi sought to forge common cause.
  • 4 Jul 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • International law
    • Sustainability

    The Indus Treaty verdict: When water outlasts war

    Ishaal Zehra
    A Hague ruling against India’s treaty “abeyance” might stop a precedent that could spread from China to Bangladesh.
  • 1 Jul 2025
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Indonesia, Australia, and India: Overcoming barriers to trilateral partnership

    Emirza Adi Syailendra
    Three Indo-Pacific powers search for common ground amid US-China rivalry.
  • 30 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Long-distance nationalism tests Australia’s multicultural harmony

    Kanchan Panday
    Reaction to the Pahalgam attack from afar showed the social media stress faced by diaspora communities.
  • 27 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    The India-Australia military partnership must move from paper to practice

    Anuttama Banerji
    Operationalising existing military agreements for real cooperation is key.
  • 23 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Kashmir: The identity crisis at the heart of the three-way territorial contest

    Trivan Annakkarage
    Rich resources and vital rivers make Kashmir a prize worth fighting for, but neither India, Pakistan nor China will give ground.
  • 19 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India and Pakistan are on a global charm offensive, but is it worth listening?

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    Both sides have a story to tell but dialogue appears to be a dead end.
  • 16 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Maldives
    • Sri Lanka
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Putting the “Indo” in Indo-Pacific, Australia’s westward pivot

    Rushali Saha
    Embassy openings and patrol boat gifts signal Canberra's recognition that Indian Ocean influence requires active engagement.
  • 13 Jun 2025
    • China
    • India

    China’s cartographic claims test fragile India rapprochement

    Ramita Iyer
    Despite four years of negotiations and recent agreements, territorial assertions continue to strain ties between the two powers.
  • 4 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    India’s concern could reshape Australia's Pakistan defence ties

    Kim Heriot-Darragh
    It’s a good time for Canberra to reassess military cooperation with Islamabad given limited influence and competing Indo-Pacific priorities.
  • 3 Jun 2025
    • India
    • Australia

    Five years is a long time in Australia-India relations, but there is still more to do

    Ian Hall , Lisa Singh
    A stocktake of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
  • 3 Jun 2025
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • India
    • Japan
    • South Korea
    • Trade
    • United States

    The tariff war that’s accelerating Asia’s trade transformation

    Vu Lam
    As the deadline for suspension looms, regional economies are looking to patch the vulnerabilities of regional economic architecture.
  • 30 May 2025
    • India

    Why Jaishankar may be India’s most Nehruvian diplomat since Nehru himself

    Abhinandan Kumar
    The External Affairs Minister is often critical of India’s founding PM, but his worldview and methods are a mirror.
  • 19 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Diplomacy
    • Technology

    Hashtag geopolitics: Understanding the power of memes in the India-Pakistan conflict

    Antara Chakraborthy , Yasmine Wong
    In an era where wars are fought as much with symbols as with bullets, memes have become tools of influence, contestation, and digital diplomacy.
  • 14 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Abnormal states: Kashmir between empire, insurgency, and intrigue

    Abhijnan Rej
    An Australian general played a little-known but crucial role in one of the world’s deadliest flashpoints.
  • 12 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India-Pakistan ceasefire: Modi faces “re-hyphenation” challenge after Trump’s Kashmir mediation claims

    Rushali Saha
    Has India changed position on third party mediation in the longstanding dispute?
  • 7 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Are India and Pakistan now at war?

    Leoni Connah
    What we know so far.
  • 6 May 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    The Australia-India defence relationship is not all about the numbers

    Kim Heriot-Darragh , Gaurav Saini
    Moving from agreement to trust will bring maturity to the partnership and build something more self-sustaining.
  • 2 May 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Kashmir: Why was India so quick to blame Pakistan?

    Ishaal Zehra
    Failures in New Delhi’s Kashmir policy should be examined.
  • 30 Apr 2025
    • China
    • India
    • Terrorism
    • Trade

    Tariffs and terrorism are derailing China-India rapprochement

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    And that’s where the 21st century contest will be felt most.
  • 29 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Terrorism
    • United States

    Kashmir and what’s next after the Pahalgam attack: How India’s partners could help in this crisis

    Arzan Tarapore
    Stepping up overflight surveillance in the Indian Ocean would be a good start.
  • 28 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    India-Pakistan relations hit a new low

    Christopher Snedden 
    After the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir, where to for New Delhi and Islamabad?
  • 23 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Terrorism

    Terrorist attack marks grim Kashmir milestone

    Abhijnan Rej
    The attack aims to reignite tensions just as Kashmir and India had begun to establish a new regional and international narrative.
  • 23 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Global Economy
    • Global Issues

    T20 diplomacy? The virtues of Test cricket in uncertain times

    Ved Shinde
    Finding political wisdom in sport’s long game.
  • 14 Apr 2025
    • India
    • Sri Lanka
    • Energy
    • United Arab Emirates

    Three-way energy play: The India-Sri Lanka-UAE deal in Trincomalee

    Rushali Saha
    Pipeline politics transform a Second World War-era fuel tank farm into a regional prize.
  • 14 Apr 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • India

    Why Bangladesh is courting China – and what India can do about it

    Mohammad Imon Kazi
    A balancing act carries risks.
  • 28 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Mauritius
    • United Kingdom
    • International law
    • United Nations
    • United States

    India’s support for Chagos sovereignty speaks volumes

    Sanchari Ghosh
    New Delhi’s backing of Mauritius on Chagos is a calculated geopolitical move within a shifting Indo-Pacific order.
  • 25 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Diplomacy

    Raisina Dialogue: Triumph of the fence-sitters

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    As India sees it, the country’s position of non-alignment has stood the test of time.
  • 24 Mar 2025
    • China
    • India
    • United States

    Could India be the third wheel in a G2 world?

    Hervé Lemahieu
    Vignettes from Delhi’s annual geopolitics bazaar.
  • 21 Mar 2025
    • China
    • India

    As the world goes regional, India thinks global (perhaps to its detriment)

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    And for all the bluster, neither India nor China has filled the void in governance left by the US retreat from global leadership.
  • 18 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Pakistan

    A battle without weapons that fuels India–Pakistan nationalism

    Saqlain Rizve
    The daily spectacular that dazzles and delights is rooted in power and propaganda.
  • 13 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Trade
    • United States

    Trump’s tariffs on India: Modi will have to step back to move ahead

    Shankaran Nambiar
    US efforts to pry open India’s markets will leave Modi in a difficult position with domestic business interests.
  • 11 Mar 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Quad

    Why Australia–India maritime ties matter

    Nidhi Priya
    Strengthening cooperation in the Indo-Pacific will be good not just for the region but for global security and trade.
  • 4 Mar 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • India

    Navigating new realities in India–Bangladesh ties

    Rushali Saha
    Quiet rather than “megaphone” diplomacy will help Delhi and Dhaka forge a mutually beneficial relationship.
  • 12 Feb 2025
    • India
    • India's Economy

    The British, Bombay and businesses in Indian foreign policy

    Ved Shinde
    It’s helpful that India’s international economic aspirations neatly dovetail with the ambitions of business magnates.
  • 11 Feb 2025
    • India
    • United States

    Howdy Modi under Trump II

    Saira Bano
    India will maintain its policy of autonomy while sharing concerns with the United States over China’s rise.
  • 7 Feb 2025
    • India
    • Intelligence and security
    • Review

    Revealing India’s Cold War secrets

    Mark Pierce
    Indians worried about interference by “the foreign hand” in their affairs might have over-estimated their adversaries.
  • 6 Feb 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • China
    • India
    • Sustainability

    China’s Medog county mega-dam is bad news for India and Bangladesh

    Neeraj Singh Manhas
    The downstream implications of a water conflict underscore the need for better regional cooperation.
  • 3 Feb 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • Digital Disruption
    • Technology
    • Pacific Islands

    The deadly consequences of disinformation in the Pacific

    Lisa Singh , Tushar Joshi
    International partners, including Australia and India, are well placed to counter the scourge.
  • 3 Feb 2025
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Pakistan

    The revival of Bangladesh-Pakistan ties

    Saqlain Rizve
    Old enemies are becoming fast friends, and this has not gone unnoticed in the neighbourhood.
  • 23 Jan 2025
    • India

    The population paradox in India

    Sunaina Kumar
    India is growing in some states, declining in others – but rapidly ageing all over.
  • 9 Jan 2025
    • India

    India may not be interested in geopolitics, but geopolitics is interested in India

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    The coming year will test the boundaries of India’s “strategic autonomy”.
  • 8 Jan 2025
    • India
    • Review

    Manmohan Singh: Remembering an Indian reformer and internationalist

    Ujjwal Krishna
    Singh’s leadership ended India’s economic and nuclear isolation from the world and lifted hundreds of millions out of multidimensional poverty.
  • 6 Jan 2025
    • India
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom
    • Africa

    Test Cricket’s world cup forgets what’s best about the game

    Hugh Piper
    Cricket’s centre of power has long outgrown its colonial roots.
  • 19 Dec 2024
    • India
    • Migration

    Indians are streets ahead of their government in foreign policy

    Ved Shinde
    In terms of partners, Delhi is multi-aligned, but where would most Indians prefer to migrate?
  • 6 Dec 2024
    • Bangladesh
    • India

    Agartala attack strains India-Bangladesh ties

    Saqlain Rizve
    The breach at a diplomatic compound tells of wider troubles between the neighbours.
  • 28 Nov 2024
    • India
    • Maldives

    Maldives ditches “India-Out” for an economic lifeline

    Ankit Tiwari
    The bilateral reset came as a relief amidst a slew of worrisome setbacks for New Delhi in the neighbourhood.
  • 28 Nov 2024
    • China
    • India
    • Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka votes for change

    Gordon Weiss
    Primed for unrest, the country’s elections went off without incident, and a new man-of-the-people has emerged as leader.
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