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BRICS+ cooperation in a complex economic and geopolitical environment: Opportunities and impediments

Russian President Vladimir Putin while speaking at the plenary session of the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 5 made...

Bengal Has Changed and Not for the Better

Something shocking happened in West Bengal on the night of May 4, 2026. It was not merely an election result. It was a...

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Benefits of China’s Non-Reactive Strategic Posturing in the Middle East War and Emerging Concerns

China was observing the war in the Middle East from a distance, benefiting from the US entanglement and diversion of its military assets...

Bengal Has Changed and Not for the Better

Something shocking happened in West Bengal on the night of May 4, 2026. It was not merely an election result. It was a...

Between Two Fronts: Why Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation Is No Longer Optional

In East Asia, the strategic environment is no longer defined by an isolated crisis. It is increasingly shaped by simultaneity. A dual contingency–China...

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Benefits of China’s Non-Reactive Strategic Posturing in the Middle East War and Emerging Concerns

China was observing the war in the Middle East from a distance, benefiting from the US entanglement and diversion of its military assets...

The New Phase of U.S.-China Economic Competition

Tariffs still matter, but export controls, rare earths and strategic supply chains now define the rivalry. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week...

From Market Access to Investment: Europe’s Expanding Role in Pakistan

Pakistan is approaching the EU-Pakistan Business Forum at a moment of economic constraint rather than confidence. With external buffers under pressure and export...

Bengal Has Changed and Not for the Better

Something shocking happened in West Bengal on the night of May 4, 2026. It was not merely an election result. It was a...

Islamabad as Intermediary: Pakistan’s Calculated Turn to Crisis Diplomacy

On 11 and 12 April 2026, as tensions in the Gulf edged closer to miscalculation than meaningful diplomacy, U.S. and Iranian officials met...

BRICS and De-Dollarization: Is the Global Financial Order Really Changing?

For decades, the U.S. dollar has occupied a position no other currency could truly challenge. It dominates international trade, global reserves, energy markets,...

Between Two Fronts: Why Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation Is No Longer Optional

In East Asia, the strategic environment is no longer defined by an isolated crisis. It is increasingly shaped by simultaneity. A dual contingency–China...

Water Is Everywhere. So Is the Failure to Govern It

Water is becoming the defining governance failure of the climate era. Climate change has generated a dense web of institutions, agreements, and financing...

From Pax Americana to Pax Transactional: Rethinking Power in the Middle East

The contemporary international system is undergoing a significant transformation marked by the gradual erosion of unipolarity and the emergence of a more fragmented,...

Caught in the Crosswinds: India’s Energy and Diplomacy in a Fractured Middle East

The war in the Middle East if prolonged can carry a steep price for India not just because it has a growing energy-dependent...

No Direct Talks, No Easy Exit: Pakistan Emerges as the Only Channel in the US–Iran Standoff

As US negotiators head to Islamabad, the most consequential development in the Iran crisis is defined by absence rather than presence. Tehran has...

Epstein Case and the Crisis of Transparency in the West

The Epstein case has never just been about a single rich criminal. It has become a question of whether Western investigative systems are...