Policy UpdateMadhur ThaparBackground India and Japan have found common cause at sea as the Indo-Pacific becomes the world’s strategic center. For Japan, the sea lanes through the Malacca Strait are its economic lifeline. For India, security across the Indian Ocean...
Srikanth KondapalliThe SCO summit at Tianjin in China, followed by a spectacular military display in Beijing, signal a resolve to contest the vagaries of the Trump Administration and tweak the global and regional orders.Leaders at the SCO Summit 2025...
Vaibhav DasThe 5 “stans” form the Central Asian region, namely Kazakhstan (Astana), Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Turkmenistan (Ashabat), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek), and Tajikistan (Dushanbe). Andre Gunder Frank compares Central Asia to a “black hole in the middle of the world” and argues...
Tashvi ChawlaThe world has never seen so many alliances yet so little global peace. The international system is crowded with security alliances, NATO, AUKUS, QUAD, BRICS+, I2U2, yet wars rage across Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, Sudan and beyond. Trust among...
Rishya DharmaniBRICS travelled from the world of fiction to an institutional reality in 2009, with Brazil, Russia, India and China coming together. Two years later, South Africa joined this poster group of the developing world. Currently occupying a commanding...
Soumyadip ChattopadhyayAccording to the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2025, India has ranked 99th out of 167 countries.According to the Sustainable Development Report (SDR) 2025, India has ranked 99th out of 167 countries. This is an improvement over the ranks...
Policy UpdateAkanksha BaroniaThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation came into existence as an Independent Ministry on 15 October 1999, following the merger of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Programme Implementation. The Ministry has two wings,...
Anil TrigunayatThis time around, the Qataris—and by extension, other Arab and Islamic countries—are showing exceptional unity in confronting Israel directly, and, by implication, the US as wellAlthough there has been no love lost between Israel and Qatar, Doha has...
TK Arun GST relief looks big on paper, but gaps in input credit and energy taxes mean consumers will see less benefit than portrayed.File photo of a thermal power plant at Ennore, Tamil Nadu (Representational Image). iStock.comHealth insurance for individuals has...
TK ArunIndia embraces its need for American intelligence and weapons to keep China at bay. At the same time, India does not want to be obliged to the US so much that it comes under its thumb. India is...
