Hridbina Chatterjee

Driving Climate Accountability

As political inertia stalls environmental action, courts and green tribunals across the Global South are turning legal principles into enforceable climate accountability. Protecting ecologically sensitive areas is increasingly testing the...
Environment 
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The BRICS Balancing Act

India’s 2026 chairmanship of the summit must keep an expanded grouping focused on Global South cooperation without burning Western bridges As New Delhi prepares to host the 18th BRICS Summit...
Foreign Affairs 
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Rivers of Discord and Power

As the Indus Waters Treaty collapses under the weight of arbitral boycotts and upstream infrastructure competition, South Asia’s river basins are fast becoming the region’s defining geopolitical flashpoint. For over...
Spotlight 
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The Northeast’s Fragile Lifeline

Violence and retaliatory blockades on the Assam–Meghalaya corridor show how quickly local grievances can become a regional economic crisis The equilibrium of Northeast India is frequently tested along its inter-state...
Security 
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How Power is Rewiring India–Nepal Ties

For decades, the geopolitical narrative between India and Nepal was dominated by a traditional, friction-ridden pattern of interactions. Diplomatic discourse frequently hit roadblocks over sensitive issues, such as complex border...
Foreign Affairs 
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The Northeast Powers the Indo–Thailand Partnership

As India’s ‘Act East’ converges with Thailand’s ‘Act West’, the Northeast is evolving from a distant frontier into the strategic hinge connecting the Bay of Bengal, ASEAN and the wider...
Foreign Affairs 
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