Assessing Japan’s Diplomacy in 2025 Japanese diplomacy in 2025 underwent several paradigm shifts, each of which brought in train potentially transformative impacts. Arnab Dasgupta | January 09, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Cyclone Ditwah and Sri Lanka’s Fragile Recovery: Climate, Debt and Governance Challenges Cyclonic storm Ditwah made landfall on Sri Lanka on 28 November 2025, causing massive damage to the country. Gulbin Sultana | January 08, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland: Implications for Alliances in the Red Sea Basin Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland has significant implications for peace, security and stability in the Horn of Africa. Abhishek Mishra , Afroz Khan | January 07, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
India–US Defence Cooperation in Advanced Undersea Systems Cooperation in the development of Advanced Undersea Systems was a common thread in India–US defence engagements in 2025. R. Vignesh | January 06, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Iraq Parliamentary Election 2025: An Assessment Iraq held its parliamentary election on 11 November 2025, the sixth after the US-led invasion of 2003. Tabassum | January 01, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Elections amid Civil War in Myanmar Myanmar’s elections are designed to legitimise control rather than transfer power. Om Prakash Das | January 01, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Views on India’s Nuclear Quest Prime Minister Vajpayee not only led India across the nuclear rubicon overtly but also worked to secure international legitimacy in the nuclear domain. Niranjan Chandrashekhar Oak | January 01, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Emerging Regional Split on Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan Deteriorating ties between Pakistan and the Taliban are shaping an emerging regional split vis-à-vis Afghanistan. Deepika Saraswat | January 01, 2026 | Issue Brief Read More
Gen-Z and Reconfiguration of the Violent Extremist Landscape Gen-Z has reconfigured the violent extremist landscape globally, with its implications often amplified by the digital ecosystem. Saman Ayesha Kidwai | December 30, 2025 | Issue Brief Read More
Reifying Trumpian International Praxis: ‘Operation Southern Spear’ and Venezuela The brief argues that developments surrounding the launch of Operation Southern Sphere are part of the reified Trumpian international praxis. Saurabh Mishra | December 24, 2025 | Issue Brief Read More
