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Rahul Gandhi and the Shadow of Regime Change ?

Poonam Sharma The recent comments by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma against outside forces in Assam and the FIR against maverick journalist Abhisar Sharma have rekindled a controversy in India regarding "deep state" intervention…

Russia, Ukraine, and the Global Security Crisis

Poonam Sharma The war in Ukraine has come to a point where it is no longer limited to Donbas battlefields or destroyed Mariupol streets. It has grown into a quintessential fight about global order, international trust, and the survival of…

India–China’s Uneasy Rapprochement

Poonam Sharma  When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi , the choreography was revealing. There was no red-carpet welcome, no over-the-top hospitality that India habitually retains for strategic partners. Instead, a muted…

Beijing 2025: The Death of a Capital’s Spirit

Poonam Sharma Beijing still stands. The glass towers remain to glisten in the smog-filmed sun, the propaganda posters still clutter the boulevards, and Tiananmen Square continues to capture the eye of cameras. But take a stroll through the…