When “Foreign Agent” Stops Being an Analysis and Becomes a Law
Researchers and policymakers working on foreign influence should pay closer attention to how their own concepts travel once they leave the seminar
Reason-Vision-Virtue
Sanctions Have Become Economic Warfare
The neocons continue to believe that economic pressure will bring Russia to its knees. They never consider what happens when their policies
Multipolarity gives middle powers more choices, but fewer guarantees
Multipolarity, in other words, may not require states to choose a new camp. That gives middle and smaller powers greater agency. But
The Iran War Is Reshaping Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Geopolitical Landscape
The Iran war therefore should not be read only as a Middle Eastern war with South Asian side effects. It is becoming
Indian Paralysis, and the Indianization of the West
Western intellectuals, like Sen, have built careers arguing that argument is enough. This is not simply cultural imitation. Three structural forces are
IMEC vs INSTC: The emerging battle over Middle Eastern energy corridors
Energy diplomacy, once confined to oil contracts and pipeline routes, now encompasses logistics, data flows and green transitions. The corridor war is
China’s Quad counter centers on building an anti-India arc
China’s web of economic and military ties reshaping S Asia’s strategic geometry and turning India’s geography from asset to liability.
Limits of India’s demographic sweet spot
Lessons from East Asia provide a cautionary insight. According to UN estimates, China’s working-age share peaked around 2010 at 72.9% and is
The Myth of India Becoming the Next China
“India as replacement for China” is just another farce that is fed to the Indians and devoured eagerly by a desperate west
Spheres of Influence in the 21st Century: Outdated or Needed?
Realists, like those 19th century statesmen, understand that a multipolar world will have geographic spheres of influence dominated by great powers and