India’s Iran Challenge: Balancing Energy Security and Foreign Policy
In May 2018, President Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations had reached with Iran in July […]
Category: Geopolitics
Three Scenarios for Indo-Pak Relations under Modi 2.0
In a historic win, Narendra Modi has won another term in office as prime minister of India while his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), […]
Modi 2.0 and India’s Neighborhood First Policy: Walking the Talk?
In keeping with his “neighborhood first” policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured the Maldives and Sri Lanka from June 8-9, the inaugural foreign visit of […]
Playing by No Rules: The Quagmire of India’s Refugee Policy
This past February, protesters in the Indian state of Assam burned down the offices of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in response to a […]
Shangri La Dialogue 2019: Key Takeaways for the Indo-Pacific
As expected, the United States-China trade war loomed over this year’s Shangri La Dialogue, held between May 31 and June 2 in Singapore. Without identifying […]
چین سے تعلقات: بی آر آئی کے تناظر میں سری لنکا اور نیپال سے حاصل شدہ سبق
۲۰۱۳ میں جب سے چینی صدر شی جن پنگ نے بیلٹ اینڈ روڈ انیشیٹو ( بی آر آئی) کا آغاز کیا ہے، بھارتی اور مغربی […]
BJP’s Return to Power & India’s Modi (fied) Foreign Policy
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored another landslide in the Indian general elections, five years after it won by a huge margin […]
How South Asia Plays the BRI Balancing Game
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has fueled a passionate debate across South Asia on the promises and perils of China’s rapid rise across the […]
سری لنکا، ایسٹردھماکوں کی وجوہات
۲۱ اپریل ۲۰۱۹ کو خودکش دھماکوں کے ایک سلسلے نے سری لنکا میں گرجا گھروں اور ہوٹلوں کو مکمل طور پر تباہ کر دیا۔ تین […]
Playing Both Sides of the Fence: Sri Lanka’s Approach to the BRI
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) encapsulates the global breadth and strategic consequence of modern Chinese economic prowess. Comprised of both ocean-based and land-based projects […]