U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and proposed Hormuz tolls heighten global energy, trade, and maritime security concerns amid fragile Gulf tensions.

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

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

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

The India–EU Free Trade Agreement is expected to expand exports and employment. But many of the sectors set to benefit are also among India’s most polluting, raising doubts about whether environmental oversight can keep pace.

Bangladesh’s February 12 vote seeks to end rule, redefining politics as BNP resurges and Jamaat offers an alternative after Hasina’s era

From the 2009 protests to Starlink-fuelled unrest, myths of digital subversion persist as Iran braces for US pressure, amid growing China–Russia support.

There is a temporary thaw in US-China relations, but India will have to balance its ties deftly with both powers.

Unlike the Cold War standoff with the erstwhile Soviet Union, today’s US-China competition is constrained by shared production networks, mutual dependence, and the high costs of economic separation.

Putin’s 2025 New Delhi visit marked a multipolar shift, signalling strategic autonomy through defiant diplomacy despite Western pressure.