Category: World Affairs

Why small states must rethink security, cooperation and autonomy in a changing world order

When small states stand alone, they fall alone — why coordination among the countries of the Indian Ocean has become a strategic necessity

Wealth, mobility, and neutrality once cast Dubai as a safe harbour amidst regional storms. That illusion shattered in early March

Opinion

Opinion

In a fragile order, erratic power does not project strength. It transmits uncertainty. And uncertainty, in an increasingly militarised Indian Ocean, is a risk multiplier

Breakfast with Bwana

When tariffs are weaponised and rules reduced to convenience, multilateralism does not merely weaken — it yields to leverage, and leverage rarely favours the smallest

Opinion

Opinion

By Anil Madan

By Anil Madan

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”

Breakfast with Bwana

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier