Indo-pacific Strategy explained through strategy: why it matters for India, the evidence, global stakes and risks to watch next for serious readers today.
India Refuses to Choose Sides explained through strategy: why it matters for India, the evidence, global stakes and risks to watch next for serious readers.
The first error of modern South Asian politics is to imagine that the map explains the region. It does not. The map tells us where customs officers sit, where armies patrol, where…
India's Borders Are Lines on Maps and Lives on the Ground
Borders look simple only to those who see them from far away. On a map, a border is a line. In Delhi, it is a file. On t…
Non-Alignment Is Dead; Strategic Autonomy Is Its Modern Heir
Non-alignment belonged to a world of blocs. Strategic autonomy belongs to a world of bargains. That is the simplest w…
Indian Farming Feeds the Nation, but No Longer Feeds the Farmer
India has mastered the art of praising the farmer while failing to make farming dignified enough for the farmer's…
India's Next Federal Crisis May Be Water
India's next great federal crisis may not begin with language, caste, tax sharing or electoral rivalry. It may begin with water. Not the…
Every civilisation begins by clearing some forest. Many civilisations begin to decline when they forget what the forest was doing for them. It was not merely standing there as sce…
The Story Behind the Headline
There are moments when a trade statistic says more than a diplomatic speech. Venezuela's sudden rise in India's crude oil map is one such moment. On…
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