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South Asia

Analysis of India-Pakistan relations, China-India border tensions, and the strategic dynamics of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the subcontinent.

The Geometry of Hedging: What India and Pakistan Reveal About International Order

The Geometry of Hedging: What India and Pakistan Reveal About International Order

India and Pakistan maintain simultaneous relationships with the United States, China, and Russia without facing meaningful consequences. Their success reveals not diplomatic cleverness but a structural transformation in how international order actually works—one where commitment is costly and...

The Glacier's Verdict

The Glacier's Verdict

At 4,500 metres in the Depsang Plains, sovereignty dissolves with the permafrost. Chinese and Indian soldiers patrol terrain that is literally disappearing beneath their boots—glaciers retreating, watersheds shifting, the physical geography that once defined borders melting into cartographic...