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Opinion

UAE Exit Rewrites Oil Power

The UAE’s May 1, 2026 exit from OPEC and OPEC+ is a strategic, sovereignty‑driven move that weakens cartel cohesion, raises near‑term price risk while enabling the UAE to expand...

SITI Odisha: From Planning to Transformation

When institutions change, the direction of a state often changes with them. Odisha’s decision to replace its legacy...

Regulating Foreign Funds: A Necessary Tightrope Walk

The proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, reflects the Indian government’s continuing effort to tighten oversight of...

“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...

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...
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Balochistan issue

Even as Baloch freedom fighters attacked Pakistan military outposts in January 2022, the alleged Prime Minister of Pakistan took a third of his cabinet...

Not-so-great Crooked Britain

England is a laundromat for dirty money, thanks to an army of financial and professional service firmsCrooks from around the world rush there on...

The world is raving about Saudi Arabia’s rave party

I always thought that rave parties were the prerogative of Goa, but Riyadh is now a competitorWhen Bob Dylan sang in the 1960s, could...

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...
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