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Looking Back at India-Japan Security Ties in 2024: A Way Forward
By Simran Walia
In 2025, India and Japan will delve deeper into defense and security ties that they diligently strengthened throughout 2024.

China vs India: Economic Outreach to Central Asia
By Daniel Balazs
Despite similar interests and ambitions, China’s economic presence in the region outweighs India’s.

What’s Next for China-India Relations?
By Ivan Lidarev
2024 brought a thaw that is likely to deepen over the coming year, but a number of uncertainties threaten to limit progress.

Indian Australians, Cricket, and Urban Planning
By Grant Wyeth
What do a Boxing Day cricket test match, Melbourne’s booming western suburbs, and the U.S. HB-1 visa battle have to do with Australia’s relationship with India and Indian migrants?

Will India-Indonesia Ties Take a Leap Forward in 2025?
By Rushali Saha
Indonesian President Prabowo will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade, a sign of the importance New Delhi accords its relations with Jakarta.

The Evolving Strategic Partnership Between India and Kuwait
By Alvite Ningthoujam
Prime Minister Modi's recent visit was the culmination of long-term trends in India-Kuwait relations, and India-Gulf ties more broadly.

Propaganda Films Are Here to Stay in the Modi Era
By Kavita Chowdhury
A recent movie "The Sabarmati Report" publicizes the BJP’s version of what happened in Godhra in Gujarat in 2002.

Competing Visions: Gwadar and Chabahar in Regional and Global Rivalries
By Mariyam Suleman Anees
Gwadar and Chabahar emerge as more than ports – they are strategic battlegrounds where economic ambitions, regional and global power collide.

On Great Nicobar: 20 Christmases After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
By Leesha K Nair
What began as a promise of refuge has now turned into a prolonged exile, leaving the Nicobarese stranded between a past they mourn and a present they cannot accept.

Digital Sovereignty: Securing India’s Submarine Cables
By Samuel Bashfield
As India’s submarine cable infrastructure continues to expand, addressing the challenges of repair capacity, landing station diversification, and domestic cable connectivity is critical for promoting digital resilience.

Modi’s Kuwait Trip Closes Crucial Gap in Diplomacy with Gulf Region
By Elizabeth Roche
Relations between India and Kuwait have been elevated to a strategic partnership.

COP29 Failed the ‘Third Pole’: Wither Tibet in the Climate Agenda?
By Varuna Shankar and Jagannath Panda
The U.N. process shows little appetite for addressing the urgent climate crisis on the Tibetan Plateau – in part due to China’s apathy.