COMMENTARIES
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Special Commentary
The War in West Asia: A Stress Test for India’s Multi-alignment?
Muneer Ahmed · 12 Jun, 2026 · #5909 · Commentary
The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran has created one of the most stressful diplomatic scenarios India has dealt with in West Asia. Among others, it complicates India’s two most vital yet parallel relationships with the US and Russia. India is simul...
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Strategic Space
Iran at NPT RevCon 2026
Manpreet Sethi · 10 Jun, 2026 · #5908 · Commentary · Column
The 11th Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) took place in rather challenging circumstances from 27 April-22 May 2026. Much before the delegates convened in New York, it was feared that the Co...
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Strategic Space
Will Obliterating Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Ignite Nuclear Ambitions Elsewhere?
Manpreet Sethi · 31 Mar, 2026 · #5907 · Commentary · Column
The Israeli Air Force claimed that it had dropped over 12,000 bombs in 8,500 strikes on Iranian targets in the first 18 days of the ongoing war. Another three weeks have passed since then, with a lot more damage. The US used advanced ‘bunker bus...
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Myanmar: Examining the Discord between the Arakan Army’s Words and Actions
Fiona Raval · 26 Mar, 2026 · #5906 · Commentary
Recent reports document accusations against the Arakan Army (AA) of detaining, extorting, and abusing refugees returning to Maungdaw from Bangladesh. As Myanmar’s civil war continues unabated, instances of brutality and human rights violations a...
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Can Prime Minister Tarique Rahman Overcome Past Obstacles to Reset Bangladesh-India Relations?
Prerana Priyadarshi · 03 Mar, 2026 · #5905 · Commentary
As Bangladesh prepares for its political transition under the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, following nearly eighteen months of being led by an unelected interim government, early signs point to a...
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Evaluating the 2026 India–EU Free Trade Agreement
Ashutosh Nagda · 15 Feb, 2026 · #5904 · Commentary
After nearly two decades of negotiations, India and the EU announced the successful conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations during the state visit of the President of the European Council, António Luís Santos da Costa, and the ...
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The Challenges to Humanitarian Aid in Sudan
Angelina Jain · 30 Jan, 2026 · #5903 · Commentary
Sudan is currently locked in a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, both fighting for control over the country. With fighting ongoing si...
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BIMSTEC: Reviving Global Climate Leadership through Regional Minilateralism
Tapan Bharadwaj. · 25 Jan, 2026 · #5902 · Commentary
Though hailed as the “implementation COP,” COP30 in Brazil this year, like its earlier iterations, concluded without any clear plans for future action. Weak climate leadership and poor implementation have become a clear pattern at annual COP m...
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East Asia Compass
The Significance of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi’s Taiwan Statement
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 20 Jan, 2026 · #5901 · Commentary · Column
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “ad-libbed” remark at the Lower House Budget Committee, while responding to the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) lawmaker Katsuya Okada, has made a lot of waves. She said that a Chinese military...
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The Merz Visit and Strategic Realism in the India-Germany Partnership
Ashutosh Nagda · 20 Jan, 2026 · #5900 · Commentary
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to India on 12-13 January marked his first trip to Asia since his inauguration as Chancellor in May 2025. The visit also commemorated 75 years of diplomatic ties and 25 years of strategic partnership betw...
