Briefing notes and
analysis pieces.

India and BRICS Leadership Economic Transformation and the Way Ahead

An examination of India’s role in BRICS, including its leadership ambitions, economic cooperation and strategic autonomy

Watching the Watchers, Eventually: A Comparative View at Digital Surveillance Governance

India’s Strategic Autonomy and Doctrine of Neutrality: A Critical Discussion

India’s neutrality is a structural hybrid, and hence, is a utilitarian heuristic that serves its national interest.

Shared Culture, Divergent Statecraft

Cultural similarity does not produce foreign policy decisions; domestic institutions and the ruling elite do

The Integration Paradox: Why Shared Crises Have Not United South Asia 

In South Asia, crises seem to bolster national interests rather than regional ones.

More Than Tourism: Kashmir's Revival and India's External Messaging

Safety, Subject to Approval: The Politics of Humanitarian Visas in South Asia

Humanitarian mobility in South Asia is governed less by refugee law than by foreign policy.

From Bilateralism to Pluralist Challenges: The Manipur Crisis (2023-) and Myanmar’s Civil War (2021-)

Allen David Simon is a South Asia Research fellow at the Center for Gender And Politics (CGAP), and a Postgraduate Researcher & Deputy Head of Academics at the International Association of Political Science Students (IAPSS). He is an Analysis Editor for the Third Institute.