With the shift in US–China relations, India is emerging as the strategic cog in the US wheel, Pakistan as a tactical partner, NATO as the anchor of the Atlantic alliance, and QUAD countries as a tool to serve the Indo‑Pacific.

In the era of energy transition, oil will continue to retain its strategic importance because of geopolitical realities.

The US–Israel vs Iran war is forcing Indonesia to reassess its Gaza Board of Peace stance, balancing neutrality, public pressure, and support for Palestine.

The Supreme Court’s intervention in the West Bengal SIR dispute must not be so deep as to adversely affect the electoral process.

Bhumjaithai’s election win and coalition deal signal a resurgence of establishment politics, shaped by border tensions, nationalist rhetoric and unresolved constitutional reform.

As the High Seas Treaty takes effect, developing states risk being sidelined in a new era of ocean geopolitics.

Record patent filings in recent years suggest an expanding research ecosystem. Yet with only a fraction granted and even fewer commercially worked, scale may be outpacing substance.

The US under Donald Trump is prepared to dismantle international institutions and law that once constrained American power.

In East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia, a 10-year-old boy’s suicide exposes the limits of income-based poverty metrics. Multidimensional data show that deprivation in Indonesia often clusters long before a family is officially classified as poor.

The country has rushed to embrace artificial intelligence. Its impacts on jobs, the electrical grid and water availability need to be taken into account.