Thailand, Cambodia and the Limits of Western Influence.
The recent tensions between Thailand and Cambodia are often presented as a small border dispute between two neighbours with a long, shared history. In reality, the...
Manish Kumar
The Taiwan Question and the Fragile Logic of Deterrence.
Few geopolitical disputes carry as much consequence — or as much quiet tension — as the question of Taiwan. It rarely dominates headlines for long, yet...
Annus Inquietus, Redux: A World Distracted, an India Becoming and The Year Gone By….
The year that has just taken its bow from the stage of history did not so much end as exhaust itself. Like a verbose dinner guest...
What Still Holds Us Together on Christmas Eve.
“Jólabókaflóð” refers to an Icelandic Christmas tradition where people exchange books on Christmas Eve and spend the night reading, often while enjoying hot drinks and treats....
Green Transition as a Geoeconomic Battleground
The global green transition is no longer confined to environmental sustainability; it has emerged as a central arena of geoeconomic competition, where states deploy climate policy...
India–Israel Relations: From Quiet Engagement to a Deep Strategic Fabric
For much of the 20th century, India–Israel relations unfolded quietly—shaped by geopolitical caution, Cold War alignments, and regional sensitivities. What began as a low-profile engagement has,...
Silent Builders of Minds and Nations: The Christian Story in India’s Educational Journey.
The story of education in India is inseparable from the story of social power—who had access to knowledge, who was excluded, and who decided what counted...
The Shifting Role of Reserve Currencies and the Remaking of Global Financial Architecture.
For over seven decades, the global financial system has rested on a simple foundation: the dominance of the US dollar. It has served as the world’s...
Teacher Training in Transition: Are We Preparing Educators for NEP Classrooms?
India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 promises nothing short of a paradigm shift—from rote learning to conceptual understanding, from rigid curricula to flexibility, and from exam-centric...
The Illusion of Support: What the Ukraine War Revealed About Western Power.
Ukraine did not lose its future only on the battlefield.It lost it in whispered negotiations, calibrated cowardice, and a catastrophic misunderstanding of how power actually works....