Research & Analysis
GCC-Iran Rapprochement: Challenges and Opportunities in 2025
The start of 2025 has been marked by a series of shocks, especially in the...
Saudi Arabia’s diversified support for a two-state...
More than a year has passed since the horrific attacks that took the lives of...
Justice on trial: The ICC, Israel, and...
While the ICC aims to hold perpetrators accountable, its actions raise important questions surrounding jurisdiction,...
What does Donald Trump’s win mean for...
While Donald Trump has promised to bring peace to the Middle East, his intention to...
The fall of Assad and the battle...
The collapse of Assad’s Syrian government and the broader shift in the Middle East is...
COP29 and the future of carbon trading:...
This year’s COP saw a landmark agreement on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, ending...
From Gaza to Tehran: Illusions and delusions...
Has the backbone of Hamas broken with the death of Sinwar? Yes. Will this mean...
Biden, Netanyahu, and the game theory spectacle...
Biden’s legacy in the Middle East has been characterised by his unwavering support for Israel,...
Hezbollah’s exploding pagers: What does it mean...
The sabotaging of Hezbollah’s communication devices and the targeting of civilians has carried the consequences...
Following the shifts in the Middle East’s...
The recent attacks in Lebanon against Hezbollah using rigged pagers and walkie-talkies, purportedly orchestrated by...
Uncharted Territories: The Promise of Deep Tech...
Introduction Deep Tech, characterised by advanced and innovative technologies, is fundamentally reshaping our world, providing...
Bolstering economic connectivity along the IMEC
The Red Sea supply chain crisis, which began at the beginning of this year and continued into...
UAE and Saudi Arabia’s agricultural diplomacy in...
With scarce arable land and water resources, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia...
CEPA and the IMEC: Future-proofing India-UAE economic...
On 23 June 2024, Indian Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar visited the United Arab Emirates...
UAE’s evolving role as a key actor...
In 2018, a year after the fall of the Islamic State of Iraq and the...
Modi 3.0 and the likely trajectory of...
The Indian electorates have given the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, under the leadership of...
Operational and tactical shifts: How modern wars...
The coupling of conventional and new, high-tech warfighting elements, as witnessed in recent conflicts, highlights...
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: Towards a New...
Setting the Context The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) was announced in September 2023 following...
Global conflicts in the new age: The...
While international law may lack enforceability in a traditional sense and exhibit flaws and frustrations,...
Urban youth are seeking jobs abroad
In November 2023, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India (GoI), entered into...
Tech-driven counterterrorism: Navigating new frontiers
Despite Israel’s robust and advanced defence system, it was caught off guard by a well-coordinated attack...
Partners in unfamiliarity: India-Gulf intelligence relations in...
The spies watched as the Gulfstream jet belonging to the Aviation Research Centre, the aviation...
India and Saudi Arabia: A Thriving Partnership...
Relations between India and the Arab world date back to centuries; historic interactions between the...
Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from...
This article is part of the series—Raisina Edit 2024 Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) is a...