Nepal crisis

Nepal’s youth uprising: State, corruption, and the fight for dignity

Nepal's youth uprising is a powerful example of how digitally-empowered Gen Z is challenging political elites across South Asia. #Nepal #GenZ Read more »
Ayyankali movement

Ayyankali: Dignity, resistance, and the making of an inclusive public

Ayyankali’s struggles were not confined to Kerala’s caste-bound villages, but they restructured the very meaning of public life. Read more »
The Israel-Iran conflict tests the foundations of the global order.

Israel-Iran conflict triggers collapse of the global order

The Israel-Iran conflict and the US strikes on nuclear sites signal a dangerous erosion of global norms and the collapse of legal restraint in international affairs. Read more »
Pahalgam terror attack

Pahalgam terror attack: Economic consequences and strategic reckoning

By suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and halting trade at Attari, New Delhi is signalling that Pahalgam terror attack will now extract geopolitical and economic consequences. Read more »
The new waqf law is named the UMEED Act

UMEED Act: New Waqf law redraws boundaries between state and faith

New waqf law, named the UMEED Act, promises efficiency but raises fears of retrospective dispossession and dilution of Muslim community rights. Read more »
Russia updates its nuclear doctrine

Putin’s nuclear doctrine: A grim redefinition of deterrence in a volatile world

Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine signals a shift towards broader deployment scenarios, raising global fears of escalation in the #Ukraine conflict and beyond. #putin #trump Read more »
Big power rivalry in Arctic region

The Arctic standoff: Implications of new western sanctions on Russia

With escalating US sanctions and Russia's pivot to China, the Arctic has become a new front in the intensifying big power rivalry. Read more »
India's arctic policy dilemma

India’s Arctic policy regime and its geopolitical significance

India’s Arctic policy faces a strategic dilemma in the context of the Western sanctions on Russia because of its several pending projects with Moscow. Read more »
Kerala Budget 2022-23 development vision

Kerala Budget 2022-23 will struggle to fund its vision

The Kerala Budget 2022-23 has given primacy to sectors shattered by global reversals such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict. Read more »
Ukraine war and global economy

Russia may pay a price for Putin’s Ukraine misadventure

The invasion of Ukraine poses numerous economic and geopolitical risks, especially for the Russian economy that may end up paying unintended costs. Read more »