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China-India Relations: 75 Years of Mistrust, Border Ambiguity and Strategic Divergence

The relationship between India and China, the world’s two most populous nations and nuclear-armed neighbours, has been defined for over seve...

Tarik Aziz 28 Nov, 2025

Editorial , Energy Policy , Geopolitics

India's Energy Pivot: Balancing Sanctions, Supplies, and Strategy in 2025

India's energy landscape in 2025 reflects the complexities of a rapidly growing economy reliant on imported fuels. As the world's th...

Tarik Aziz 26 Nov, 2025

China Influence , Editorial , Foreign Policy

Navigating Alliances in a Transactional World: U.S. Foreign Policy Shifts and Their Echoes in South Asia

In the landscape of international relations, few figures have reshaped alliances as dramatically as Donald J. Trump during his presidency. H...

Tarik Aziz 21 Nov, 2025

Constitutional Amendment , Democracy Crisis , Editorial

The Constitutional Eclipse: How Pakistan's Military is Strangling Democracy Through the Ballot of Legality

While bombs grab headlines in Delhi, a far deadlier blast has gone unnoticed in Islamabad—the 27th Constitutional Amendment, where Pakistan’...

Tarik Aziz 15 Nov, 2025

Geopolitics , Iran Nuclear Deal , Iraq Crisis

The U.S.-Iran Crisis of January 2020: From Soleimani’s Killing to the Brink of War

On January 3, 2020, a U.S. drone strike at Baghdad International Airport killed Major General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Qu...

Tarik Aziz 10 Jan, 2020

Aksai Chin Dispute , Culture and Identity , Editorial

Kashmir's Enduring Enigma: A Region at the Crossroads of History and Hope

In the tapestry of South Asian geopolitics, India and Pakistan share more than just a fraught border; they are bound by cultural echoes, fro...

Tarik Aziz 1 Aug, 2019

Editorial , Geopolitics , Global Politics

Boycotting “Made in China”: Is a Realistic Trade Shift Possible for India?

The Doklam plateau crisis of 2017 may have formally ended in August of that year, but as of early 2019, the underlying tensions between Indi...

Tarik Aziz 10 Mar, 2019

Bhutan-China Relations , Border Disputes , Chicken’s Neck

Doklam Standoff 2017: Understanding the Tri-Junction Crisis Between India, China and Bhutan

The Doklam plateau crisis of June–August 2017 remains one of the most serious military stand-offs between India and China in recent decades....

Tarik Aziz 14 Jan, 2019

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