Publications
Strengthening European Maritime Security: Assessing the EU Defence Ministers’ Maritime Security Agenda
Summary The informal meeting organized with the European Union Defence Ministers in Cyprus, in reference to the contemporary Russia-Ukraine War and significant attention to maritime security in the midst of geopolitical tensions. The EU accuses Russia stating their shadow fle...
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Should West Africa stop chasing pirates and start fixing its corrupt ports to stop the global cocaine trade?
Summary West Africa has become a corridor to the cocaine business across maritime lanes from South America to Europe. Since 2019, this region has become the key global hub for cocaine smuggling. Cocaine consumption has also increased in the region, bringing certain chal...
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Between Iron Fleets and Strangled Straits: Who Commands the World's Arteries After the Trump-Xi Beijing Summit?
Summary The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit has brought the United States and China’s maritime rivalry back to another stage, mainly in reference to trade routes and strategic chokepoints. This issue briefly focuses on the effect of the US-China rivalry, drawing attention to po...
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Choke Point Politics: The Great Nicobar Project and the Contested Geopolitics of the Eastern Indian Ocean
Summary Great Nicobar is an isolated island located north of Sumatra, near Indonesia as a part of India. Currently proposed for the Great Nicobar development plan, a massive infrastructure project consists of multiple construction hubs converting Grea...
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From Seabed to Cyberspace: Why Undersea Cable Warfare Is the Most Dangerous Un-legislated Domain in Geopolitics Today
What happened ? Picture this. You wake up one morning and your phone has no internet. Your UPI app will not load. Your office cannot connect to its servers abroad. The bank's system is running slow. Nothing is visibly broken. No storm, no power ...
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DEBT , DEPENDENCY & DOMINANCE : Is China's String of Pearls a Strategic Stranglehold on South Asia?
What happened ? China initially after World War 2 started developing itself through opening markets, strengthening its military, increasing and initiating healthy relations with other nations. It made China one of the largest economies of the world. Ch...
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THE GULF OF EILAT AND RED SEA CRISIS: Militarization of Strategic Routes in West Asia
WHAT HAPPENED? Gulf of Eilat which is also known as The Gulf of Aqaba is worldwide considered to be the northeastern arm of the Red Sea. The global maritime trade is complex and intertwined entirely. The Red Sea and the Suez Canal both are of great importance and stand as cru...
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India’s Diaspora Diplomacy at a Crossroads: Engagement, Interference and the Limits of the ‘4th D’
Important Figures 35.4 M Indians Abroad World’s largest diaspora (MEA,2025) $135B Annual remittances Finances 47% of merchandise trade deficit (FY25) $748B Diaspora FDI (2014-25) 143% increase over prior decade (...
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Protectionism in India’s External Economic Policy
Summary India’s external economic policy has been moving gradually towards selective protectionism over the last decade. Over the last decade, India has been moving towards selective protectionism in its external economic policy. Fears of import dependence, unfair compe...
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