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5 November 2026

Project Europe: Survival means setting aside talk of populism

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Europe needs to set aside talk of populism because it becomes an obstacle in evaluating what's at stake. In a conversation with Dr Huricihan Islamoglu of Bogazici University, she notes that Europe's competitiveness requires states fashioned or refashioned as sovereign economic actors. A big problem these states will face is unemployment, with technological transformation displacing jobs, alongside a loss of a global prime market for goods and destination status.

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31 August 2026

SCO summit in Bishkek

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As 25 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) culminate in Bishkek, India waits intently, assessing the SCO's development. With PM Modi representing India from August 31–September 1, 2026, having previously chaired the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020, the forthcoming summit should provide an opportunity for the Indian delegation to take stock of the current status of previous initiatives and their advancements.

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15 January 2026

How Strong are The Strongmen?

BY Stephen Kotkin

Not long ago in the sweep of history, countries that had once been buried behind the Iron Curtain, and even some Soviet republics, were transformed into members of the solidly democratic club. Some of those that weren’t, such as Ukraine, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan, experienced mass revolts against rigged elections and corrupt misrule amid widespread public yearning to join the West. Free trade was again celebrated as an instrument of peace; Kant’s “democratic peace theory” enjoyed a revival.

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26 June 2025

Unfolding Geopolitics Episode 19 | Global gaze on terrorism

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As part of India’s diplomatic outreach after Operation Sindoor, Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri and his delegation visited Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia and Russia. He spoke to Gateway House on how the thinking of countries needs to coalesce so that the global gaze is not just on terrorism but on Pakistan, which should be pressured to understand that the price for terrorism is far beyond what it can afford.

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24 April 2025

Post Pahalgam, India’s choices

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The horrific attack on April 22 on tourists in Kashmir has exposed its stark and violent reality. Kashmir remains tumultuous even after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Before confronting Pakistan, India must first address its internal challenges and deliver on its election promises to achieve enduring progress.

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27 February 2025

Israel in its own image

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A recent workshop on “Israel in Its Own Image: From 1948 to the Present” explored Israel’s history, society, and foreign policy through discussions led by Israeli and Indian experts. The week-long session held in India helped to sift the fundamentals from the narratives. It provided, a nuanced understanding of Israel’s challenges, political shifts, and diplomatic strategies in a rapidly evolving global landscape.

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2 January 2025

Russia enhances African engagement

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Since the Ukraine crisis, Russia has been positioning itself strategically in the African continent, strengthening bilateral ties and addressing regional security issues. It is leveraging economic, energy, agriculture and military ties and investments in order to be seen as serious a counterweight to the U.S. and the European Union’s presence in the continent. 

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2 January 2025

Iran’s Jews in the crosshairs

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Iran has the largest Jewish diaspora in the Middle East outside of Israel. Since the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, a proxy of Iran, the Iranian Jews have been publicly denouncing Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon. Is this a sign of a loyal community or one under pressure from Iran’s ruling regime?

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12 December 2024

Saudi Arabia’s rising regional positioning

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At a time of high geo-political tensions, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can play a calming role as it mediates between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. It is enabled by its own diplomacy, moving to strengthen ties with Iran, with the Gulf nations slowly coalescing on issues. For the first time, it is being done without the U.S. as interlocutor.

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31 October 2024

India-Myanmar: Borderland Dynamics

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The timeline records the daily instances and ongoing cross-border dynamics between India and Myanmar since the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar. It tracks the events taking place in the eight states along the Indo-Myanmar border—four states in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Manipur) and four in Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing, Chin, and Rakhine), revealing their social, political and economic interconnectedness.