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The Strait of Hormuz: Between law and lawlessness in Maritime Zones
Published in The Wire, 24 April, 2026 Amid reports of a ceasefire extension announced by Donald Trump, the Strait of Hormuz has emerged as a critical maritime artery in an increasingly contested geopolitical locale after [...]
The Iran war and the uncertain future of the expats
Published in The Hindu, 12 March 2026With the Iran war casting a long shadow over the Gulf over the past two weeks, what once appeared to be a region of glittering airports, financial hubs and endless [...]
Iran’s Uncertain Transition Could Redraw the Power Map of West Asia
First Published in The Wire, 4 March 2024 West Asia is passing through one of its most critical phases in the last half-century. Even as Oman-led diplomatic talks with Iran were expected to resume this week, [...]
Escalation In the Gulf: Geopolitical Risks of the US–Israeli Strikes on Iran
First Published in Eurasia Review, 28 February 2026 Wars often begin with the claims of necessity. They are justified more often as acts of defence, stability, or prevention. But sometimes the context of a war [...]
Four Years On, Ukraine’s War Still Refuses to End
First Published in The Geopolitics, 25 February 2026 Four years after Russian troops crossed into Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the war has settled into something more troubling - a grinding conflict that continues to destroy [...]
Supreme Court Draws A Line: Trump’s Tariffs And The Future Of American Trade Power
First published in Eurasia Review, 22 February 2025 The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Donald Trump’s emergency tariff regime has come as one of the most important institutional glints in contemporary American politics. [...]
Current Affairs
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The Arctic Council: future scenarios for the international forum
What is the importance of the Arctic Council in resolution of today's problems? The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and the Information and Analytics Center of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) [...]
Specters Of Communal Frenzy: Will ‘The Desert Become A Garden’?
First in Eurasia Review, 29 December 2021 “I am terribly afraid of my identity as a minority Christian in my own homeland and the fear is more horrible than anything else,” according to a Delhi-based scholar [...]
General Bipin Rawat Remembered
First Published in Eurasia Review, 10 December 2021 India mourns the unexpected loss of General Bipin Rawat—India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)—his wife and other defence personnel who died after an Indian Airforce helicopter (Mi-17VH) [...]
Global South Colloquy
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Lakshadweep: Redlines of Identity, Security and Governance
First Published in Eurasia Review, 7 June 2021. Full version appeared in Global South Colloquy, 7 June 2021 Even as the issues pertaining to Lakshadweep have been brewing for months and attempts are underway [...]
Simmering Discontent in Lakshadweep: Narratives and Reality
First published in Eurasia Review on 1 June 2021. An extended version has appeared in Global South Colloquy, 1 June 2021.“One cannot but find the emerging situation in Lakshadweep Archipelago very bizarre, unheard in the life-world [...]
Sunderlal Bahuguna: The Quintessence of ‘Sacred Ecology’
First Published in Eurasia Review, 26 May 2021; An extended version appeared in Global South Colloquy, 26 May 2021 Way back in the late 1960s, American ecologist Garrett Hardin had posed a question: Why are ecologists [...]
Countercurrent
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Eighty Years After Hiroshima: Nuclear Rivalries, New Technologies, and the Perilous Road Ahead
Published in Countercurrents, 6 August 2025Eighty years have passed since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki seared the world’s conscience and introduced an age where the survival of nations could be decided in minutes. The [...]
Starvation and Silence: Gaza’s Agony and the World’s Indifference
First published in Countercurrents, 26 July 2025“They that die by famine die by inches” “Famine,” wrote Matthew Henry, “is not just a physical breaking but a slow erasure of hope.” Nowhere is this more true than [...]
Blasphemy Estate: The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan
The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan Published in Global South Colloquy, 15 September 2020; Countercurrents, 15 September 2020 The deep state in Pakistan is no more a mere conglomerate of civil bureaucracy, army, intelligence, [...]