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Spain’s Stand on the Iran War: International Law, Internal Security, and Alliances
International Affairs | Law and Justice | Internal Security Jun 04, 2026

Spain’s Stand on the Iran War: International Law, Internal Security, and Alliances

Spain's opposition to the Iran war rests on two pillars: a commitment to international law and the hard lessons of the 2003 Iraq War ...

Airpower, Ground Warfare, and the Limits of ‘Post-Heroic Warfare’
International Affairs Jun 03, 2026

Airpower, Ground Warfare, and the Limits of ‘Post-Heroic Warfare’

From the Balkans to Ukraine, the limits of airpower and the persistence of ground warfare reveal that casualty aversion is less a function of demography than of the depth of the interests a state perceives itself to be defending ...

Financing Climate Action Through the Blue Economy: Lessons from Seychelles
Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Governance Architecture Jun 03, 2026

Financing Climate Action Through the Blue Economy: Lessons from Seychelles

Seychelles shows how small island states can turn ocean stewardship into a model for climate finance, equitable growth, and global blue governance ...

Reconfiguring Ocean Governance: Maritime Corridors and Geoeconomics
Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Governance Architecture Jun 03, 2026

Reconfiguring Ocean Governance: Maritime Corridors and Geoeconomics

Maritime corridors are evolving from trade arteries into strategic infrastructures where climate governance, geo-economics, and security increasingly intersect ...

Closing the Gender Gap in Crop Insurance
Gender | Climate Change | Agriculture Jun 02, 2026

Closing the Gender Gap in Crop Insurance

As climate risks in agriculture mount, India's crop insurance schemes must be redesigned to reach the women who do most of the farming but hold the fewest land titles ...

Russian Perspectives on the Trump-Xi Summit
International Affairs Jun 02, 2026

Russian Perspectives on the Trump-Xi Summit

The Trump-Xi meeting was less about a rapprochement and more about a ‘truce’ between the two closely intertwined yet distrustful states. ...

Rising Seas, Sinking Cities: Rethinking Coastal Urbanism in India
Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Governance Architecture Jun 02, 2026

Rising Seas, Sinking Cities: Rethinking Coastal Urbanism in India

Building resilient coastal futures requires reimagining urbanisation through the alignment of ecology, infrastructure, governance, and community livelihoods ...

Eastern Maritime Corridor: Unlocking the Bay of Bengal’s Economic Potential
Developing and Emerging Economies | Maritime Security Jun 02, 2026

Eastern Maritime Corridor: Unlocking the Bay of Bengal’s Economic Potential

India's Eastern Maritime Corridor can cut transit times, bypass chokepoints, and position the Bay of Bengal at the centre of a new geography of Asian growth ...

Beyond Chokepoints: Reimagining Ocean Governance for Global South Connectivity
Maritime Security | Maritime Governance Architecture | Connectivity Jun 02, 2026

Beyond Chokepoints: Reimagining Ocean Governance for Global South Connectivity

Ocean governance must shift from protecting chokepoints to building resilient, cooperative maritime networks across the Global South ...

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Ashish Upreti

Ashish Upreti

Ashish Upreti is a serving Indian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, crisis management and strategic communications. He has represented India at international forums and written articles and opinion pieces for national and international publications. In ...

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Ashish Upreti

Ashish Upreti is a serving Indian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, crisis management and strategic communications. He has represented India at international forums and written articles and opinion pieces for national and international publications. In ...

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