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FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

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📆 January 2026

The ‘Trump-Modi’ Mini-Trade Deal (The ‘January Thaw’)

The ‘Dharma Guardian’ Upgrade – India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial

JANUARY 2026 ROUND-UP: The Diplomatic Dashboard

The ‘Digital Diplomacy’ Win – UPI Goes to Latin America

Defense Exports – The ‘Tejas Mk-1A’ Deal with Argentina

"Tale of Two Realities": INDIA – BANGLADESH

The EU-India Connectivity Partnership (Post-Republic Day)

📆 February 2026

FEBRUARY 2026: ROUND-UP FOREIGN POLICY

India-France Relations Update: "Special Global Strategic Partnership"

The Delhi–Brasília Axis: Catalyst for a Multipolar Global South

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA): A Detailed Analysis of India’s chairmanship 2025–2027.

INDIA–BANGLADESH RELATIONS: PEAK – SHARP STRAIN – RESTART

Comprehensive UNSC Reform: India’s Push and the Global Stakes

📆 March 2026

MARCH 2026: ROUND-UP - FOREIGN POLICY

India’s Know India Programme: Soft Power Diplomacy Through Diaspora Reconnection

The Game-Changing India-Canada Uranium Deal: What It Means for Energy Security

India-Africa Strategic Partnership Meet: From Historical Foundations to Sustainable Energy Collaboration in the Green Transition

Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP): Japan’s Vision for a Rules-Based Regional Order – A Comprehensive Analysis

The India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership for Peace, Innovation and Prosperity

📆 April 2026

APRIL 2026: ROUND-UP - FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

India in Taliban’s Afghanistan: Strategic Gains, Trust Deficits, and the balancing act

RELOS: India’s Arctic Door and Russia’s Indian Ocean Foothold

India in the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14): A comprehensive assessment

India’s Nuclear Leap: How the Kalpakkam PFBR Rewrites New Delhi’s Energy Diplomacy Playbook

INDIA–PAKISTAN RELATIONS AFTER THE 2026 BORDER ESCALATION: DETERRENCE, DIPLOMACY, AND DOMESTIC POLITICS

📆 May 2026

MAY 2026: ROUND-UP: FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

INDIA’S STRATEGIC AUTONOMY UNDER FIRE: THE WEST ASIA CONFLICT AND THE LIMITS OF MULTI-ALIGNMENT

THE QUAD AND INDIA’S INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY: FROM MARITIME AWARENESS TO STRATEGIC MINILATERALISM

THE INDUS WATERS TREATY CRISIS: WATER SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND THE LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

BRICS AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH: CAN INDIA REFORM THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER FROM WITHIN?

INDIA–EU ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY: TRADE LIBERALISATION, STRATEGIC DIVERSIFICATION AND ECONOMIC SECURITY

📆 June 2026

JUNE 2026: ROUND-UP: FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

INDIA–CHINA RELATIONS: BORDER TRADE, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING AND THE LIMITS OF NORMALISATION

INDIA–NEPAL RESET: DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF NEIGHBOURHOOD DIPLOMACY

CRITICAL MINERALS AND INDIA’S STRATEGIC DIVERSIFICATION: THE CHILE CONNECTION

INDIA–SRI LANKA MARITIME COOPERATION: DEFENCE ASSISTANCE, LOCAL-CURRENCY TRADE AND INDIAN OCEAN SECURITY

INDIA–JAPAN CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: CARBON MARKETS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND GREEN DEVELOPMENT

📆 July 2026

JULY 2026: ROUND-UP: FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

INDIA–AUSTRALIA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: MARITIME SECURITY, NUCLEAR FUEL AND THE INDO-PACIFIC BALANCE

INDIA’S UN SECURITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN FOR 2028–29: REPRESENTATION, LEGITIMACY AND THE CRISIS OF MULTILATERALISM

INDIA–BRAZIL RELATIONS: GLOBAL SOUTH LEADERSHIP, CRITICAL MINERALS AND STRATEGIC AUTONOMY

INDIA AT THE WTO: FISHERIES SUBSIDIES, FOOD SECURITY AND THE POLITICS OF TRADE JUSTICE

FROM WOMEN-LED DEVELOPMENT TO GLOBAL GENDER JUSTICE: INDIA’S EMERGING FEMINIST DIPLOMACY

📆 August 2026

AUGUST 2026: ROUND-UP: FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

THE FUTURE OF UN PEACE OPERATIONS: INDIA, PEACEKEEPING AND THE CRISIS OF MULTILATERAL SECURITY

INDIA–AFRICA ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY: THE SACU TRADE INITIATIVE AND THE FUTURE OF SOUTH–SOUTH COOPERATION

ENGAGEMENT WITHOUT RECOGNITION: INDIA’S AFGHANISTAN POLICY UNDER THE TALIBAN

THE DURAND LINE IGNITES: AFGHANISTAN–PAKISTAN CONFLICT, INDIA’S SHADOW AND SOUTH ASIA’S STRATEGIC RISKS

INDIA–US TRADE FRICTIONS: TARIFFS, STRATEGIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND THE LIMITS OF ECONOMIC STATECRAFT

📆 September 2026

SEPTEMBER 2026: ROUND-UP: FOREIGN POLICY SPOTLIGHT

INDIA–NEW ZEALAND FTA: TRADE DIVERSIFICATION, MARKET ACCESS AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS

INDIA–LATIN AMERICA ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY: MERCOSUR EXPANSION, CELAC AND SOUTH–SOUTH COOPERATION

THE GREAT TRADE GAP: HOW CHINA BUILT GLOBAL COMMERCIAL POWER—AND WHAT INDIA MUST DO TO CATCH UP

THE STRATEGIC ENCIRCLEMENT DEBATE: HOW CHINA EXTENDED ITS POWER AROUND INDIA—AND THE ROAD TO STRATEGIC BALANCE

BEYOND HYDROPOWER: INDIA–BHUTAN RELATIONS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP