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06-06-2025
Operation Sindoor marks a decisive shift in India’s counterterrorism strategy, combining precision strikes and escalation dominance to dismantle Pakistani terror networks.
Issue Briefs
Indonesia’s Balancing Act : Between Contestation and Cooperation with China
Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, balances economic ties with China while asserting its sovereignty amid tensions in the South China Sea. China's maritime claims and illegal fishing in Indonesia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the....
Impact of Pakistan’s Internal Dynamics on China-Pakistan Cooperation
The Issue Brief examines how Pakistan’s internal dynamics impact its cooperation with China, particularly through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), launched in 2015. It traces the evolution of Sino-Pak relations, highlighting their strategic....
Bangladesh at a Crossroads: Interim Government Paving the Way for Islamic Radicalism
The changing political and ideological environment in Bangladesh has significant consequences for its internal unity, the status of its minority groups, and its future relations with regional countries, especially India.
Books/Journals
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06-06-2025
The article highlights India’s diplomatic outreach, media bias, and Pakistan’s strategic use of international platforms to shape discourse.
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Topic: “US under Trump 2.0: Issues, Challenges and Future Directions for India and the World”
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Syed Eesar Mehdi's Article Published in Centre for Kashmir Analysis and Research (C-KAR) titled "Pakistan’s Social Media Disinformation Blitz: Orchestrated Propaganda Seeks to Twist Kashmir Narrative Amid Pahalgam Tragedy" on April 27, 2025.
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The International Centre for Peace Studies (ICPS), New Delhi, proudly partnered with the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (NMCPCR), Jamia Millia Islamia, for a one-day Graduate Conference titled “World Order in Disarray: Perspectives on Shifting Geopolitics”, held on April 25, 2025.
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Syed Eesar Mehdi's Article Published in Centre for Kashmir Analysis and Research (C-KAR) titled "The Battle of Narratives and Perception: Will Pahalgam 2025 Mark the Change in Kashmir Forever?" on April 24, 2025
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There was a time when Kashmir was a headline. A buzzword. A flashpoint used by talking heads and politicians far from the valley’s windswept apple orchards and snow-laced hills. It was spoken of in boardrooms, in war rooms, and in drawing rooms—anywhere but where the real people lived, where the real damage was done. But something has begun to shift, quietly but profoundly. And perhaps for the first time in decades, Kashmir is not being defined by those who seek to fragment it, but by those who have lived, endured, and are now choosing to rebuild it.
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If Bangladesh continues to whitewash its past, it risks losing its national identity and the ideals that gave it independence
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Given his past decisions—such as withdrawing the US from multilateral agreements like the Paris Climate Accord—Donald Trump may push to reshape the QUAD into a more security-centric framework
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When the Russia-Ukraine war broke out in February 2022, much of the West viewed global responses through a binary lens, as usual—us versus them—defining countries as either supporters of Ukraine or allies of Russia. Western nations, particularly the United States and its European allies, presented this struggle in moralistic terms: democracy vs autocracy, good versus evil, the free world versus an expansionist dictatorships.
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Striking Back: India’s Pursuit of Credible Deterrence Against Terrorism
Harsh Pandey
Operation Sindoor marks a decisive shift in India’s counterterrorism strategy, combining precision strikes and escalation dominance to dismantle Pakistani terror networks.
Telling India’s Story: Countering Misinformation and Reclaiming the Narrative
Imran Khurshid
The article highlights India’s diplomatic outreach, media bias, and Pakistan’s strategic use of international platforms to shape discourse.
The Fragility of Cessation of Hostilities between India and Pakistan
Ashish Shukla
It’s been more than two weeks since the two archrivals in South Asia agreed to what is known as the “cessation of military action” against each other.
Pakistan Navigating the Ceasefire: Post-Operations Sindoor and Bunyan-un-Marsoos
Ashok K. Behuria
On 10 May 2025, a US-mediated ceasefire halted the escalating India-Pakistan conflict sparked by India’s Operation Sindoor....