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Critical Minerals and Coercive Power in the Indo-Pacific

By |2025-12-11T16:04:38-10:00December 11, 2025|

Critical minerals, including rare earth elements, and the intermediate compounds derived from them, underpin advanced defense manufacturing, semiconductor fabrication, battery storage, precision guidance systems, and secure communications infrastructure. Although these reserves are globally dispersed, the Indo-Pacific concentrates the most [...]

The Cage of Equidistance

By |2025-09-09T11:22:53-10:00September 9, 2025|

The Illusion of “Will Not” India today projects itself as a master of balance. Its diplomats speak the language of multipolarity. One week, the Prime Minister embraces Vladimir Putin, the next he hosts American defense executives, while quietly signaling [...]

The Illusion of Going It Alone

By |2025-08-21T15:45:55-10:00August 21, 2025|

India has always believed it could chart its own course. That belief, rooted in the bitter memory of empire and the long shadow of the Cold War, became policy: a refusal to join alliances, a conviction that true sovereignty [...]

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