Pooja Kapoor

Dr. Pooja Kapoor is an Associate Professor at Bennett University, India. Her research spans International Relations, Gender and Women Studies, Human Rights, Legal Constitutional History, and Indian Government and Politics.

September 11, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

BRICS+ Expansion and the Quest for Multipolarity

On September 12–13, 2026, India will take centre stage as host of the 18th BRICS Summit, bringing together an increasingly consequential gathering of the Global South. The small five-member group that India

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

From 9/11 to ‘Mutant Jihadism’: Europe’s New Terror Threat

Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Europe’s terrorist threat has changed fundamentally. The era of large, hierarchically organised operations remains part of the history of modern terrorism, but the contemporary threat is increasingly defined by decentralised initiative, digital

September 11, 2026

KSM Trial: 25 Years Without Justice

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

A U.S. military judge has set June 5, 2028, as the new trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the accused mastermind of the

Israel’s Hezbollah Offensive Puts Iran Truce at Risk

Columns/Geopolitics

Israel’s offensive to seize Ali al-Taher Ridge, a major Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon, threatens to reverberate far beyond the battlefield. According to an

BRICS+ Expansion and the Quest for Multipolarity

September 11, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

Sindoor Strike: India’s Counterterror Pivot

May 16, 2025

Columns/Geopolitics

In the aftermath of the brutal, horrific, and religiously motivated murders of 26 defenceless civilians in Pahalgam by The Resistance Front (TRF), a division of the Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT), a UN-designated terrorist

Caught in the Crossfire: Prospects of New Trade Corridor Amidst the Israel-Hamas War

November 18, 2023

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

On October 7, 2023, Hamas (a U.S.-designated FTO) headed an astounding attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip by air, sea, and land. The incident occurred 50 years after the Egypt-Syria surprise