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From Mullivaikkal to Gaza: How India’s Arms Support for Sri Lanka and Israel Undermines Its Geopolitical Credibility

From Mullivaikkal to Gaza: How India’s Arms Support for Sri Lanka and Israel Undermines Its Geopolitical Credibility

Amnesty International’s recent investigation into military-related exports from India to Israel has reignited an important geopolitical debate. The organization argues that Indian public and private defense manufacturers continued supplying military components, ammunition, and dual-use items to Israel despite mounting allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in

Constitutional Non-Compliance in the Age of Multipolarity: From the Cauvery Dispute to Strategic Fault Lines Across the Global South

Constitutional Non-Compliance in the Age of Multipolarity: From the Cauvery Dispute to Strategic Fault Lines Across the Global South

How Resource Federalism Will Shape Institutional Resilience in the Emerging World Order - Policy & Research, Tamil Research Institute (TRI) The Ministry of Jal Shakti recently informed the Rajya Sabha that the Supreme Court’s judgment dated 16 February 2018 does not expressly require Karnataka to obtain the consent of

Indian Media’s Great-Power Illusion Cannot Substitute for Economic, Technological, and Indian Ocean Influence

Indian Media’s Great-Power Illusion Cannot Substitute for Economic, Technological, and Indian Ocean Influence

When Domestic Protests Become Geopolitical Narratives Following the recent student protests across India, sections of India’s television media have advanced a new geopolitical narrative. According to this interpretation, the demonstrations are not merely domestic protests over education policy or governance but part of a broader foreign strategy to obstruct

Manufacturing Narratives While Burying Reform: How India’s Prime-Time Media Turned a Student Movement into Political Spectacle

Manufacturing Narratives While Burying Reform: How India’s Prime-Time Media Turned a Student Movement into Political Spectacle

A TRI Indian Media Analysis by Arun Kumar R When students take to the streets demanding educational reforms, a democracy faces an important choice. It can either engage with the substance of their concerns or become consumed by political narratives that overshadow the issues at hand. The ongoing Delhi student

Beyond the NEET Controversy: The Delhi Protests Are a Constitutional Opportunity for Tamils to Reimagine State Autonomy

Beyond the NEET Controversy: The Delhi Protests Are a Constitutional Opportunity for Tamils to Reimagine State Autonomy

A TRI Public Policy Analysis by Arun Kumar R The ongoing student protests in New Delhi are widely portrayed as a response to the NEET controversy and demands for education reforms. While these immediate concerns are legitimate, students and civil society in Tamil Nadu should recognize that this moment presents

From Strategic Asset to Strategic Scrutiny ? India’s Changing Image in the United States

From Strategic Asset to Strategic Scrutiny ? India’s Changing Image in the United States

Transnational crime, cyber fraud, diaspora conduct and Pakistan’s diplomatic revival are testing India’s American soft power By Arun Kumar, Geopolitical and Economic Analyst, Tamil Research Institute For more than two decades, India’s rise appeared to align naturally with the strategic requirements of the United States. Washington viewed

India Decolonized Politically, But Not Administratively: Does India Still Need the UPSC-IAS-IFS-IPS Bureaucratic Empire?

India Decolonized Politically, But Not Administratively: Does India Still Need the UPSC-IAS-IFS-IPS Bureaucratic Empire?

For the first time in nearly six decades of Tamil Nadu politics, actor-turned-politician Vijay and his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) have emerged as a potential alternative to the long-standing bipolar dominance of the Dravidian parties. Like previous chief ministers, Vijay is expected to rely heavily on the state’s