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Mapping India’s Project Akhand Bharat
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India’s rapid drift towards extremism, as evidenced by the alarming rise of Hindu nationalism at home and irredentist proclivities in...
Understanding China’s Geoeconomic Forays in Afghanistan
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Located at one of the intersections of South and Central Asia, Afghanistan is too important to be ignored by its...
Exploring Diversification: Germany’s Zeitenwende and Its Impact on Asia
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India’s Bloc Politics: A Challenge for the SCO
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On June 06, 2023, Iranian state media reported a ceremony hosted by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi which unveiled ‘Fattah’, Iran’s first hypersonic...
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's victory in May’s election has surprised many a person. That was not supposed to have happened....
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China: The Next Global Mediator?
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