Publications

Diplomatic Détente, Strategic Competition: The Recent Reset In India-China Ties

On 1st September, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China, and mutually agreed to forgo their historical rivalry in favour of a partnership. To signal the transition to this new phase, both states announced the resumption of direct flights after a five-year hiatus, as well as the restoration of tourist visas.

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March 5, 2026

Politics of Pageantry

On 26 January 2026, India commemorated its 77th Republic Day, the day when New Delhi officially became a republic through adoption of the constitution. The Republic Day parade was projected as the celebration of India’s progress and national pride. Yet, beyond the spectacle, the parade intended to convey a calibrated strategic and political signal by manufacturing an image of self-reliant and confident India amid regional uncertainty.

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March 5, 2026
National Security

Pakistan’s Sovereign Victory: Beyond the China Spectre

In an annual bid to review U.S.-China relations, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s (USCC) report for the year 2024-25 has overplayed the role of China in the Indo-Pak conflict of May 2025 to play down Pakistan’s Sovereign victory.

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March 3, 2026

Revisiting Operation Swift Retort: How Pakistan Outplayed India in 2019

The crisis of February 2019 was far more than a transient border skirmish; it was a fundamental clash of two divergent conceptions of strategic thought under a nuclear overhang. Indian objectives were clear: to win the election and try to create space for punitive actions for bigger aims under the nuclear threshold with the pretext of labelling Pakistan as a terrorist-harbouring state. 

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March 2, 2026
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