The Shrinking Policy Space for Small States: Lessons from Bangladesh, Implications for India
New Delhi's wariness is not really about the river, or even the defence talks in isolation. It is about what Chinese capital and now a nascent security channel, both sitting in a border-adjacent basin, imply for India's own economic and security position.
PoK Polls Expose A Deeper Faultline: Widening Gap Between Official Narratives and Ground Realities
Any further instability in the region carries security implications for both countries. Escalating unrest along an already sensitive frontier can heighten tensions and reduce the already limited space for dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Asymmetric Warfare via Migration: What India Can Learn from Spain’s Ceuta Crisis
Rightly, India is now treating mass irregular Rohingya migration as an engineered, hybrid national security threat that requires a coordinated border guarding, diplomatic, and legal response.
India's Pakistan Policy Needs Communication, Not Talks
Ultimately, sustainable peace between India and Pakistan cannot be built merely through meetings or declarations. It requires a fundamental transformation in Pakistan's approach towards terrorism, regional stability and bilateral relations. Until that happens, comprehensive dialogue is unlikely to produce meaningful outcomes.
