Ananta Insights | A Year of Operation Sindoor by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | May 2026
Operation Sindoor, launched by India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and subsequently paused but not called off, has completed a year. It is, therefore, time to appraise its impact on the ground, the lessons learnt by India and the current state of play. Impact on the ground and lessons learnt Pakistan […]
Ananta Insights | A Geopolitical History of Persian Gulf | Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | May 2026
The global attention is currently riveted on the current double impasse over the Persian Gulf at its Strait of Hormuz choke point. Although the ongoing US-Iran conflict has its unique drivers and context, the Persian Gulf has a five-millennia-long history of geopolitical jostling among the concerned stakeholders, including the first Western capture of the Strait […]
Southern Currents
Southern Currents Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday described India as a “democratic brother of the Global South” and set an ambitious target of raising bilateral trade to $30 billion Introduction Welcome to the first edition of Southern Currents, Ananta’s newsletter on the India-Latin America relationship. The months covered in this edition […]
Tech Tactics
Tech Tactics As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence (AI) to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but also redefine global power and strategic alliances. This edition explores how Indian earth observation startups are positioned, the global hunt […]
Trade Tiffin
Source: Narendra Modi [@narendramodi] (April 3, 2026). X Welcome to the first edition of Trade Tiffin! This month’s stories are tied together by a single thread: India is simultaneously pulling every lever of economic statecraft by opening doors to investment, arguing for its voice at the World Trade Organization (WTO), exporting its digital stack to […]
Intersect: Africa – April
Intersect: India–Africa Introduction Welcome to this edition of the Intersect: India-Africa newsletter. Against the background of the US-Israel-Iran war, New Delhi is moving full steam ahead on deepening ties with African nations. Last week, EAM Jaishankar, in a consultative meeting in New Delhi, emphasised on New Delhi’s outreach to African countries, in trade and investment, […]
Tech Tactics
Tech Tactics As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but redefine global power and strategic alliances. This edition explores India’s satellite navigation system’s atomic clock setbacks, automation in the shipbuilding industry, […]
Tech Tactics
Tech Tactics As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but redefine global power and strategic alliances as well. This edition explores the newly signed US-Taiwan high-tech trade agreement; how China is […]
The Near Abroad
ANANTA INSIGHTS The Near Abroad | December 2025 This month in The Near Abroad, we examine how South Asia’s landscape is evolving. Sri Lanka faces a disaster exacerbated by climate change, Bangladesh deals with the aftermath of Hasina’s sentencing, and India maintains a cautious approach. Pakistan is restructuring its government through its 27th Amendment, while […]
Ananta Insights | Pakistan’s Geopolitical Recovery: An Appraisal by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | December 2025
A Troubled State A dysfunctional, troubled and troublesome state all through its existence, Pakistan went into over three decades of geopolitical decline after the end of the US-led Afghan Jihad against the Soviet Union. Having defeated the Soviets, the West turned its back on Pakistan and external assistance dried up. Infested with religious extremism as a result […]