Calibrated Re-engagement: India’s New FDI Framework and the Return of Chinese Capital
On 10 March 2026, the Indian government approved a proposal that would bring significant changes to the country’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, including the introduction of new guidelines on investments from Land Border Countries (LBC). These guidelines aim to unlock greater FDI inflows from global funds into startups and deep-tech companies by enabling India’s…
The Hormuz Paradox: American Power Projection Meets Strategic Fragility
The recent talks between the Iranians and the Americans in Pakistan grabbed global headlines. Dubbed the Islamabad Talks, the intense direct negotiations between the two sides, a first in 47 years, however, failed to deliver any tangible results except a fragile ceasefire. The fragility was expected, given the deep mistrust and a sense of asymmetry…
NON-ALIGNMENT 2.0: A pretence or path for the global south?
For scholars, policymakers and strategic analysts navigating the fragmented architecture of contemporary international relations, the growing adoption of a non-aligned posture by many states is emerging as a consequential diplomatic phenomenon. With its roots in the Cold War era, when the international system was effectively divided between the United States and the Soviet Union, it…
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