How India Steered a Divided BRICS to Consensus
When the leaders of an eleven-nation bloc representing roughly half of humanity gathered at Bharat Mandapam on 12–13 September, the question was whether BRICS could still agree. In May, its foreign ministers had failed to issue a joint statement over differences on...
India’s BRICS Moment: Managing a Multipolar Coalition
When BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi on September 12–13, India’s challenge will go beyond hosting another summit. Expansion has brought greater weight, but also sharper contradictions. New Delhi must show that countries with divergent interests can cooperate without...
Flanking the Axis: India’s Strategic Hedge in West Asia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-nation tour to Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman (December 15-18, 2025) comes amid geopolitical churn in West Asia, marked by a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and the crystallisation of a new...
The Key in His Pocket: Remembering Dr Mughni Tabassum
My maternal uncle, Dr Mughni Tabassum (1930–2012)—affectionately known to us as “Mamoojan”—was a towering figure in Urdu literature. He embodied a rare balance of character, seamlessly integrating the rigour of a critic with the soul of a poet. His life was marked by...
After US-Saudi pact, new West Asia in the making
For India, the era of viewing the Gulf solely through the prism of energy and diaspora is over; it is now a high-stakes theatre of national security The recent visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to Washington marks a definitive turning point in both...
With Washington reluctant to re-enter the Yemen war, Saudi Arabia is drawing on the UK, France, Türkiye, Pakistan and wider international support to protect its territory, energy infrastructure and Red Sea navigation in response to the Houthi challenge. https://x.com/i/article/2104217288480366592
Sharing link to the EGROW Webinar on 'BRICS and Global South':
Sharing my interview on The Gist @StratNewsGlobal on the developing situation along the Red Sea following the Houthi takeover of the Bab Al-Mandab and its implications for India: https://youtu.be/vV8aV6UA48A?si=Df-FEgd99u88Ibak
My interview with @RT_India_news on the dangerous situation developing along the Red Sea following the Houti advancement to the Bab Al-Mandab: https://yadi.sk/i/wGWUrnWCfuIDQw