India’s electoral cycle is virtually continuous; rarely does a moment pass when some part of the country is not engaged in an election. This study focuses on the upcoming state elections in Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry, scheduled
ndo-Pacific and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) often construed from the prism of geographic coupling of Pacific and Indian Oceans, and maritime security are, in actual geopolitical developments reflecting the competitive tendencies in region. India is exploiting the competitive tendencies in Indo-Pacific region
Indian airline IndiGo will start direct flights from Calcutta to Guangzhou from 26 October 2025 onwards. The direct flights between India and China were closed in 2020 due to the violent clashes along the disputed Himalayan border. The border clashes along the
India and China have longstanding border disputes on all the three sectors that date back to the pre-partition colonial era. Aksai Chin remains a point of friction in the western sector due to the existence of simultaneous border demarcations i.e. McCartney-MacDonald Line
Bangladesh and India share almost 54 rivers, and India has control over the water-sharing of 43 rivers. Sharing the Teesta River’s water has remained a recurrent challenge. Almost 90 per cent of the river’s flow is during June to September, and the
This brief explores India’s military intervention in Sri Lanka through the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord and the deployment of the IPKF. It examines how the mission, intended as peacekeeping, escalated into direct conflict with the LTTE; and how India’s withdrawal in 1990
This study examines the extensive role of India’s intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), in shaping Bangladesh’s domestic political, security, and strategic landscape since its creation in 1971. From providing covert support to the Mukti Bahini during the liberation war
The 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship still shapes India-Nepal relations, but many inNepal see it as lopsided. It opened borders, allowed free movement and gave India a sayin Nepal’s defence and foreign policy. Over time, this built deep dependence and leftKathmandu
In 2019, India unveiled a new map that contained the border region districts of Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limphuyadhara of Nepal in its territory. This sparked outrage in the Nepalese community, which in turn added the eastern region of the Kalapani River. The
Since 1947, India has been Nepal’s principal trading partner, influencing significantly the dynamics of its foreign economic relations. Due to Nepal’s landlocked status and restricted access to the international market, India became the natural hub for the former’s commercial ecosystem. Nepal relies
