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India’s Engagement with Taliban-administered Afghanistan
India has had a longstanding interest in the stability of Afghanistan, in no small part out of geopolitical necessity. In recent months, New Delhi has taken calculated measures to engage with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to shore up its…
The India-EU Defense Agreement: Industrial Logic and Strategic Context
After months of negotiations, India and the European Union reached a political inflection point with the signing of a free trade agreement on January 27, 2026. While the trade deal was publicly framed as the “mother of all deals,” the…
परमाणु ऊर्जा क्षेत्र में भारत का निर्णायक मोड़: निजी भागीदारी हेतु क्यों नियामक पुनर्गठन की आवश्यकता
दशकों से, भारत में परमाणु ऊर्जा एक राज्य-नियंत्रित क्षेत्र रहा है, जिसका नियामक ढांचा राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा अनिवार्यताओं, सुरक्षा चिंताओं और देयता जोखिमों द्वारा उचित ठहराया गया है| आज, भारत द्वारा नागरिक परमाणु ऊर्जा में निजी क्षेत्र की भागीदारी की अनुमति…
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement: Contours, Complications, and Regional Spillovers
The conclusion of the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in January 2026 marks one of the most consequential shifts in India’s post-1991 trade strategy. After nearly two decades of negotiations, New Delhi and Brussels have forged an agreement that…
The Other Half of Democracy: Governing and Opposing in Bangladesh’s Democratic Transition
Bangladesh has lived through fifteen years of elections in which genuine political competition was progressively dismantled. Under Sheikh Hasina’s rule from 2009 to 2024, the country came to resemble what comparative political scientists describe as a competitive authoritarian regime: formal…
Bangladesh Is Voting, but Stability Is Not on the Ballot
Bangladesh is at a political crossroads. On February 12, the South Asian country is scheduled to hold a national election alongside a referendum on institutional reforms proposed in the July Charter, a reform package aimed at establishing stronger checks and…