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The Price of Dependence: Why India and Vietnam Are Strengthening Their Indo-Pacific Partnership
India and Vietnam are strengthening their strategic partnership through trade, maritime security and technology cooperation to protect economic resilience and strategic autonomy in a contested Indo-Pacific.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 176 min read


EU Carbon Border Tax: What It Means for India’s Exports and Industry
The October 14 meeting offers India and the EU an opportunity to manage their differences through sustained engagement. Europe can gain a better understanding of India’s carbon-market framework, while India can seek greater clarity on CBAM methodologies and the implications for its exporters. A factory can become cleaner and still face a costly border if its carbon credentials fail to travel with its goods. As climate regulations reshape international commerce, the competitiv

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 156 min read


India and Canada: The Price of Trust, the Promise of Renewal
Explore India-Canada relations, Modi’s proposed visit, CEPA trade negotiations, energy cooperation and the challenges of rebuilding diplomatic trust.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 147 min read


Jaishankar’s Africa Outreach: Can India Turn Goodwill into Growth?
Jaishankar’s visits to Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Ethiopia signal India’s push to transform historic ties with Africa into stronger trade, investment and strategic cooperation.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 138 min read


When Wires Become Power: India’s Energy Diplomacy and the Battle for Asia’s Grid
India’s proposed 2,000 MW power link with Singapore could open a new chapter in ASEAN energy cooperation, regional electricity trade and strategic connectivity.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 127 min read


Cotton, Craft and Commerce: India and Mali’s Quest for Shared Prosperity
India and Mali are exploring how cotton sustainability, textile manufacturing and traditional craftsmanship can create jobs, strengthen local industries and ensure producers capture a fairer share of global value.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 117 min read


6th India-Qatar FOC: Turning Five Decades of Trust into Economic Gains
India and Qatar must turn decades of diplomatic trust into tangible economic gains through balanced trade, USD 10 billion in investment, energy cooperation and stronger strategic engagement.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 107 min read


ITEC at 62: India’s Quiet Investment in Africa’s Human Capital
As ITEC marks 62 years, India’s partnership with Côte d’Ivoire demonstrates how professional training and human capital development can strengthen institutions and deepen India–Africa relations.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 95 min read


India-Italy Counter-Terrorism: Where Borders Become Security Frontiers
India and Italy are deepening their security partnership to confront terrorism, organised crime, terror financing and emerging threats across borders.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 86 min read


India–Switzerland: From Mountains and Markets to Capital and Capability
India and Switzerland are reshaping their relationship around investment, technology, infrastructure and talent, turning long-standing goodwill into a partnership built on capability.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 66 min read


The Architecture of a Better Harvest: How Dutch Innovation Can Transform Indian Farming
India and the Netherlands are deepening agricultural cooperation by combining Dutch innovation with India’s scale to improve technology, horticulture and farm-level productivity.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 56 min read


India-Bulgaria Ties and the India-EU FTA: A New Economic Opportunity
India-Bulgaria ties are moving beyond historic goodwill as the India-EU FTA creates new possibilities for trade, technology, investment and economic cooperation.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 36 min read


From Dialogue to Delivery: How the Colombo Security Conclave Is Changing Indian Ocean Security
The Colombo Security Conclave is evolving from a forum for dialogue into a practical regional security framework built around preparedness, cooperation and institutional capability.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Oct 16 min read


BIMSTEC’s Security Challenge: The Threats That Move Across Borders
As connectivity transforms the Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC faces the challenge of building security cooperation that can move faster than transnational threats.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 306 min read


Jaishankar Forwards India's Address at UNGA 81: A Call for Peace When Everything Is Becoming a Weapon
Jaishankar’s UNGA 81 address presents India’s case for a more resilient global order where peace, economic security, technology and development reinforce one another.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 286 min read


India-GCC Relations: From Energy Dependence to a New Economic Partnership
The India-GCC relationship is now entering a phase where the central question is no longer whether the partnership should expand. The scale of existing interdependence has already answered that. The harder question is whether institutions can convert that interdependence into resilience. When regional tensions threaten shipping routes or energy supplies, the distance between a geopolitical crisis and an ordinary household suddenly becomes very small. A conflict in West Asia c

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 266 min read


India and the Pacific: Turning Diplomatic Goodwill into Capability
India’s Pacific engagement is moving beyond diplomatic declarations, seeking to transform FIPIC partnerships into practical capabilities, resilience and people-centred development.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 255 min read


Beyond Diaspora Diplomacy: India-CARICOM and the Rise of a New Partnership
India and CARICOM are turning a relationship rooted in shared history into a broader partnership spanning trade, technology, climate resilience and Global South cooperation.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 246 min read


India-France-UAE: Building a Trilateral Architecture for the AI Age
India, France and the UAE are exploring a new technology ecosystem where AI, capital, energy, data and strategic capabilities converge.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 236 min read


What Taro Kono Discovered in India’s Startups May Matter More Than Another Summit
Taro Kono’s India visit reveals how startups, AI, investment, talent and economic security are reshaping the India-Japan strategic partnership.

Joydeep Chakraborty
Sep 226 min read
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