India in the Arctic: Strategic Significance of Cooperation with Russia This article investigates the strategic direction of India’s Arctic policy, highlighting the growing relevance of the region for long-term foreign policy planning. The research explores how the erosion of the... Roman E. Zhilin , Tamara G. Nazarenko | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Mall Roads and the Spatial Embodiment of Colonial Exclusivity The Mall Road, inspired by London promenades, was a strategically designed colonial space linking European residential quarters within cantonments. More than a thoroughfare, it embodied imperial ideals of order, leisure,... Rohan Kumar Nirwan , M. Christhu Doss | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Trump’s Board of Peace: Multilateralism and India’s Strategic Choices In January 2026, the United States took two decisions that together signal a turning point in the evolution of post-World War global governance. The first was the leaked release of... Rajeesh Kumar | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Where is the ‘Northeast’ in India’s ‘Act East Policy’? In reviewing India’s ambitious Act East Policy (formerly the Look East Policy), it appears that the Northeast region’s agenda is being sidelined in policy formulation. The most important driver of... Anmol Mukhia | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
India–Russia Engagement in the Arctic: Navigating Emerging Geopolitical Dynamics The Arctic is no longer a peripheral frontier. Climate-induced ice melt has unlocked vast hydrocarbon reserves, estimated at 13 per cent of undiscovered global oil and 30 per cent of... Nalinie Sharma , Malkiat Singh | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
How Mobs and Collective Frenzy Converge to Shape the Politics of Revenge in Nepal On 9 September 2025, frenzied mobs set on fire private residences and government quarters of Nepal’s senior mainstream political leaders. Properties and goods from their houses were stolen. Ministry buildings... Gaurav Bhattarai | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Deobandi Movement: Theological Strands and Socio-Political Offshoots India has always been a melting pot of antithetical extremes. Even at the elementary levels of spiritual and intellectual consciousness, it has shown a remarkable capacity to harmonise even the... Adil Rasheed | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
India’s Policy Towards the European Union in the Post-Cold War Era: Partners in the Liberal Order? Patryk Kugiel’s India’s Policy Towards the European Union in the Post-Cold War Era: Partners in the Liberal Order? is a systematic and well-structured analysis of the development of India’s engagement... Waseem Ahmad , Madhuri , Anisur Rahman | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Proxy War in Afghanistan: The Politics of State-wrecking Research on the failure of International State Building in Afghanistan focuses on counter-insurgency, the internal dynamics of the conflict and political legitimacy, ethnic and tribal conflict, identity politics and social... Navneet Khan | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
Strategic Concepts—Old and New Although security is basically a national problem, the strategic factors that are applied to the process of finding a military solution to it cannot be considered in an isolated, purely... D. K. Palit | May-June 2026 | Strategic Analysis
