Author: Amit Pratap Singh

Today’s brief covers these important themes: Raja Mohan’s Indian Express article discusses five principles for India’s diplomacy in a changing world order. Prerna Gandhi’s article analysis the impact of West Asian conflict on energy, fertilizers, shipping, food security and India’s growth. Anupam Kumar’s VIF article focuses on the Trump-Xi meeting amid tariffs, rare earths, AI… Continue reading PSIR Brief #51

Today’s Brief covers these themes: Avinash Verma and Ashok R Patil, in Deccan Herald talks about UCC as a test of gender justice and federal experimentation. Atul Kumar’s article in ORF focuses on the China-Pakistan axis as serious but not a full military alliance. The third article of K P Nayar in Deccan Herald analysis… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 48

Today’s brief covers these important themes: Shashi Tharoor’s “India’s New Globalization Raj” in Project Syndicate talks about India’s shift from an inward-looking economy to a globally engaged economy. Kartik Bommakanti and Rahul Rawat’s article in Observer Research Foundation focuses on the evolution of India’s military doctrine. Milinda Moragoda’s article in The Hindu analyses the west’s… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 47

Today’s brief covers these themes: Siddharth Sijoria in the article in Bar & Bench, explains how India’s basic structure doctrine has been included in Commonwealth constitutionalism. Syed Ata Hasnain in The Indian Express talks about Operation Sindoor as a lesson in calibrated force, escalation control and future multi-domain conflicts. Abhay Kumar Singh and R. Vignesh’s… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 46

Today’s brief covers these important themes: Debak Das in ORF Middle East focuses on the end of nuclear arms control and its impact on the global non-proliferation order. Matthew Finkel in Foreign Affairs talks about Japan’s return to hard power and rise in its defence spending. Michael Kovrig’s article in Foreign Affairs analyses the politics… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 45

Today’s brief covers these important themes: A. Hellyer in Foreign Affairs explains why the old Gulf security model is breaking and the Gulf is uneasy with an Israel-led regional order. Stephen M. Walt in Foreign Policy shows how Trump’s overuse of hard power is weakening America’s soft power. Elizabeth Threlkeld in Foreign Affairs focuses on… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 44

Today’s brief covers these themes: Rudraditya Khare in Bar & Bench talks about how obstruction of ED investigations raises questions of rule of law, Article 32, Article 256 and cooperative federalism. Shana Tabak in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyses  the ICJ’s 2025 climate advisory opinion and why international law can clarify duties but cannot… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 43

Today’s brief covers these themes: China-U.S. nuclear competition, an economic model for securing the Strait of Hormuz, and the changing geopolitics of the Gulf. Tong Zhao’s article focuses on deterrence, arms control and nuclear mistrust. The second article by Massoud Karshenas, Hashem Pesaran and Ron Smith talk about securing of Hormuz through incentives, tolls and… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 42

Today’s brief covers three themes: Adam Smith and today’s deglobalising world, the Iran war and Gulf fragility, and India’s demographic dividend. The first article by Anil Kumar Kanungo helps us to understand market, state and globalisation in context of Adam Smith’s views. Shashi Tharoor’s article highlights the importance of West Asia and how it is… Continue reading PSIR Brief Issue # 41