Infrastructure has emerged as one of the defining instruments of geopolitical competition in the twenty-first century. Across South Asia, roads, ports, railways, and energy corridors are no longer viewed merely as engines of economic growth; they have become strategic assets capable of reshaping regional influence and security dynamics. Among these, the proposed Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project in Bangladesh exemplifies this shift. Illustration b

The Indus Waters Treaty has been placed in abeyance by India, bringing about fresh worries over Pakistan's water security. However, the failing nation's fragility goes beyond the upstream geopolitics; it is also the result of decades of institutional sluggishness, under-investment and the failure to transform assured access to water into lasting economic resilience. Illustration by The Geostrata 2022 should have been a memorable summer for Pakistan, as it had excess water. Ra

India responded to the climate change policy by first formulating a National Action Plan on Climate Change ( NAPCC ) in July 2008 and...