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Opinion

“The most powerful nation is the one that never abandons its soldiers.”

The story from that cold evening in 1997, when Bill Clinton stopped his motorcade to sit beside a forgotten veteran, is not just a moving anecdote. It is a...

Past Lessons, Future Risks: The Iran Ceasefire and the Shifting Balance of Power

The two week US-Iran ceasefire expires on 22 Apr. It was more of a tactical pause than a...

US–China Rivalry and the Thucydides Trap

2,400 years ago, when Thucydides wrote that “it was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this...

Naxalism in India: Policies, Operations, and the Decline of the Red Corridor

Origins and IdeologyHow a peasant revolt evolved into India’s longest-running insurgency.The Naxal movement began in 1967 in Naxalbari,...

Between Energy, Diplomacy and Diaspora – Calibrated Indian Neutrality in West Asia

On 23 Mar 2026, Indian PM Modi spoke in the Parliament on the ongoing conflict in West Asia...

Russia and China

Vladimir Putin, the Russian super strongman, flew into New Delhi for a few hours in December 2021 (his first bilateral trip outside Russia since...

India Russia relations

Dobro Pozhalovat Vladimir!On 6 December 2021 India welcomed a steadfast friend, the President of Russia, Vladimir PutinThe geopolitical situation in our region is churning...

China’s cratering economy

China wants to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)Japan, Australia, and Canada are not happy China’s economy is tanking, with Bank...

Is Srilanka a Chinese colony?

Sri Lanka, that beautiful little island to our south, faces a multiple whammy (it was once called Serendip). It will dip into its foreign...

Counting the cost of the Chinese Virus

The virus has devastated global economies. Some will suffer more than othersThe pandemic struck at a time when Latin America’s economies were already facing...

Vijai Sardesai must not trust the Congress and BJP

I have known Vijai Sardesai for a long time. He is one among the political class I call a friend and also whom I...