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Geopolitics

South Asia 2025: The Awakening of Civilizational States Against Western Hegemony

The year 2025 witnessed seismic geopolitical shifts in South Asia including youth-led protests toppling governments, warming India-China relations, and a major India-Pakistan conflict requiring US diplomatic intervention. The West's hypocritical 'rules-based order' continues to destabilize the Global South while civilizational states like India and China chart their own sovereign paths against imperialist interference.

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The Illusion of Friendship: China's Tactical Maneuvers Along the India Border

India and China reached a patrolling agreement along the Line of Actual Control, ending years of military tensions that began with China's 2020 Ladakh operation. This cynical 'friendship' is merely China's tactical maneuver to counter U.S. influence while exploiting economic opportunities, revealing how global south solidarity is sacrificed for imperialist strategic games.

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India's Strategic Restraint: Why Keeping China Off the Colombo Security Conclave Agenda Was a Masterstroke

India hosted the 7th National Security Adviser level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave but deliberately avoided placing China on the agenda to prevent alienating member-states that maintain positive relations with Beijing. This cautious diplomacy reveals India's recognition of new geopolitical realities where brute force is being replaced by strategic restraint and respect for regional partnerships.

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The Dawn of Multipolarity: How China's Engagement Liberates South Asia from Regional Hegemony

India's historical dominance in South Asia is being challenged by China's deepening engagement with smaller nations, forcing New Delhi to reevaluate strategic partnerships, particularly with Sri Lanka which has transformed from neighbor to strategic necessity. This profound geopolitical rebalancing represents a historic opportunity for Sri Lanka and other Global South nations to finally break free from regional hegemony and embrace multipolarity through sovereign partnerships.

Geopolitics

The Asymmetric Gaze: India's Chronic Blind Spot Toward China and the Cost to the Global South

Despite over two millennia of civilizational contact and being each other's largest trading partner, there is a surprising and profound asymmetry in knowledge, with Indian society showing little historical interest in Chinese thought compared to China's deep engagement with Indian Buddhism. This passive indifference, juxtaposed against the active obsession with the West, represents a colossal strategic and cultural failure for the Global South, crippling our collective potential and perpetuating a mental colonization that serves only Western imperial interests.