Samir Puri works on the assumption that the world is not “becoming unstable” but that it already is. His focus is how states, institutions, and leaders operate when rules fray, power fragments, and alignment becomes temporary.

A former diplomat and a leading analyst of geopolitics and security, Puri examines how rivalry between major powers, regional conflicts, and institutional fatigue combine to create a permanently contested global environment. He is less interested in ideology than in capability: who can act, who cannot, and why. His work cuts through moral narratives to analyse leverage, constraint, and consequence, from war and deterrence to alliances, multilateral failure, and strategic ambiguity.

For leaders, Puri offers a disciplined way of thinking about risk when cooperation is selective, predictability is low, and control is partial at best.