In its own interests, and in this year of India’s BRICS leadership, Delhi would have been so much better served by declaring that it backs all efforts to restore peace, irrespective of which country is […]
A robust defense-industrial base will shape India’s multi-domain deterrence and resilience, especially against China “India must have two top priorities. First, to identify those military vulnerabilities that present an advantage to China. Its fledgling C4ISR […]
India’s foreign policy framework—built on strong, simultaneous ties with Israel, Iran, the US, and Gulf nations—positions it as a potential ‘back‑channel’ negotiator and peace architect in West Asia “One phone call from PM Narendra Modi […]
Modi’s government faces increasing domestic dissent when it comes to working with the Trump administration Two recent developments—one in New Delhi and another off the coast of Sri Lanka—could have important consequences for the future […]
As the rules-based order erodes, raw power is beginning to reshape the global system A world that once imagined it had buried the demons of the 1930s now finds them prowling again — less dramatic, […]
Why, despite the avalanche of revelations, has there been so little visible accountability in the United States compared to developments abroad? The Epstein saga is not about prurient intrigue. It is about structural credibility. It […]
Sustaining deeper ties will entail compromises on both sides in the long run “It is not just Brussels that is investing heavily in new relationships. New Delhi is also looking to diversify markets in the […]
It is a mixed bag as far as the global outlook for 2026 is concerned, marked by an updated version of the U.S.’s ‘shock and awe’ tactics The new year began with a stark reminder […]
India cannot blame Western xenophobia while succumbing to it at home “Normally, domestic and foreign policies of countries are inter-related. The Trump administration demonstrates that by aligning its foreign policy with its MAGA supremacism. The […]
The three great powers understand that the world is no longer organized around a single center of authority As 2025 draws to a close, a highlight is that the United States has undertaken its largest […]
New Delhi confronts challenges that concern economic and energy security, global strategic stability, and regional security The year 2025 began as one of considerable promise for Indian foreign policy. After 2024, a year that was […]
With the Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy making it clear that American support to Europe is now faint, it remains to be seen how Europe responds Hope is not a strategy. For most of this […]
Saffron party gears up to overpower strong regional forces in 2026 Assembly elections “Undaunted by the not-so-encouraging statistics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi framed the Bengal battle with an image and a metaphor that he believed […]
The exceptional amity heralds new domains of strategic cooperation, with the potential to anchor bilateral, regional and global developments in a more consequential manner As adrenaline-high at the Saudi-American Summit last week demonstrated, the 80-year-old […]
Monday brought good news for two of Donald Trump’s most hated enemies: the former FBI director James Comey, and the New York state attorney general, Letitia James. A federal judge dismissed the sham indictments the […]
“It is a profound irony that a party’s rise to power through a fair, transparent, and democratic process can ultimately weaken the very system that enabled its ascent. It raises questions about India’s political trajectory […]
The BJP, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, is making an incessant effort to erase the Nehruvian legacy but build one of its own by denying, distorting, defaming, and destroying the real History of this […]
The future of immigration policy is linked to a willingness to confront the dark past and the brutal realities of the present The arrival of Columbus in the New World marked the beginning of a […]
Sajjan serves a life term, Tytler faces trial — proof of victims’ relentless fight against power Forty-one years after the 1984 Sikh genocide, in which 2,733 Sikhs were brutally killed in Delhi (as per official […]
A troubling reality unfolding across the United States today is the growing disillusionment of a large segment of the people, mostly young, who are politically and economically upset with the current status quo. Their concerns […]
This is the real danger. When outrage turns profitable, civility becomes costly. The judiciary, bound by decorum, cannot compete in that marketplace. That composure was constitutional philosophy in action. The CJI’s deliberate lack of reaction […]
Even pre-independence India, with 450 million people and 12.6 million square miles, had around 600 princely states. Modern New Jersey, with 9.3 million people and 8,722 square miles, has 564 princely fiefdoms — each with […]
The danger is no longer in the future—it’s already here. As rituals replace reason, and holy men replace elected representatives in moral authority, India risks becoming a de facto Hindu nation in all but name. […]
By 2014, before the Modi government came to power, India’s GDP had reached nearly $2 trillion, the 10th largest in the world, with foreign reserves of $300 billion. Telecom penetration had exploded, highways expanded, and […]
Next week world leaders will gather for the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, and that despite the Trump administrations’ scorn of multilateralism, “the world can’t afford to abandon the mission of the UN simply because […]
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