The Security Implications of Africa’s Crypto Boom Africa's rapid adoption of cryptocurrencies and decentralised finance (DeFi) reflects both structural economic pressures and technological opportunity. Driven by currency volatility, inflation, financial exclusion, and a young, mobile-first population, crypto... Meghna Pradhan | July-December 2025 | Africa Trends
Sudan Conflict and the UAE’s Strategic Engagement The civil war in Sudan, ongoing since April 2023, has evolved into a protracted power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with severe... Devendra Kumar | July-December 2025 | Africa Trends
The Russia-Ethiopia Nuclear Partnership: A Catalyst for Regional Influence and Multi-polar Geopolitics The Russia-Ethiopia nuclear partnership marks a significant shift in Africa's energy and geopolitical landscape, positioning nuclear power as both a developmental tool and an instrument of strategic alignment. Formalised in... Nandini Khandelwal | July-December 2025 | Africa Trends
The G20 in South Africa: Outcomes and Assessment The 2025 G20 Summit under South Africa's presidency marked a pivotal moment in contemporary multilateralism, highlighting Africa's growing role in global governance. Building on successive Global South presidencies, the summit... Mohanasakthivel J | July-December 2025 | Africa Trends
India’s Defence Diplomacy as Soft Power Instrument Towards Southeast Asia G.V.C. Naidu | November-December 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Global Order in COVID-19 Contagion: A Literary and Philosophical Interpretation This article interprets the COVID-19 pandemic as a profound existential event that exposed the moral, political, and structural fragilities of the global order. Drawing on existentialist philosophy—Sartre’s ontology of freedom,... Swati Pal | November-December 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Ethnocratic Statecraft and Conflict: The Case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh An ethno-conflict erupted in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh in 1975 which lasted for more than two decades. It came to a formal end when the Bangladesh government... Bhumitra Chakma | November-December 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Material and Ideational Factors Behind Conceptualisation of the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor In recent years, partnerships with non-conventional allies have emerged as the norm in the world order, amid dynamic global polarity and unanticipated challenges. The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) announced... Priyanshi Agrawal | November-December 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Minilateralism for Reinforcing ASEAN Centrality?: The Case of Intra-Regional Mechanisms in the Mekong Region This paper examines how ASEAN-led minilateralism in the Mekong subregion contributes to reinforcing ASEAN centrality amid great power competition, particularly between the US and China. Some intra-regional initiatives such as... Ha Hai Hoang | November-December 2025 | Strategic Analysis
Soft Power Through Education: Realist Regional Dynamics in Asia This paper examines education as a realist tool for soft power in West and East Asia, responding to Jane Knight’s call for regionalisation research. Challenging her liberal vision of knowledge... Char Leung | November-December 2025 | Strategic Analysis
