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Echoes of an Imperial Folly?
17 May 2025 9:58 PM ISTVastly indebted, the US economy mirrors 17th-century Spain—haunted by unsustainable debt, trade deficits, and global competition—while quietly eyeing...
Interwoven Threads
14 May 2025 9:43 PM ISTThe US-brokered ceasefire between India and Pakistan is emblematic of the deep interconnection among diplomacy, defence trade, and regional economic...
Searching Deals amid Deadlocks
10 May 2025 8:31 PM ISTIndia, in the midst of global tariff tensions, has an onerous task of navigating tricky negotiations with the US and others in order to boost its...
Lopsided Diplomacy?
8 May 2025 10:42 PM ISTIndia’s obsession with the West, at the cost of neglecting peaceful and prosperous East Asia, might be a diplomatic folly in today’s deeply polarised...
Feasting on the Fallen
3 May 2025 8:37 PM ISTPersistent escalation of wars, rising terrorism, and cyberattacks, coupled with record military spendings, signal the build-up of a fractured world on...
Land of Death & Despair
29 April 2025 11:17 PM ISTThe exploitative grip of Maharashtra’s sugar lobby, coupled with groundwater mismanagement and incongruent cropping pattern, has led to a spike in...
A Nightmare Dressed in Daydream
26 April 2025 11:44 PM ISTTrump 2.0’s chaotic first 90 days, which have been marked by sweeping executive orders, economic shockwaves, tariff wars, and rising oligarchic...
Essential Overhaul
22 April 2025 9:52 PM ISTIndian economy’s structural vulnerabilities—reflected in trade deficits, increased reliance on the US, lack of innovation and jobless...
Self-afflicting tariff tempest
19 April 2025 9:11 PM ISTDonald Trump’s radical move of resorting to reciprocal tariffs will only take the plunging dollar into further abyss—accelerating de-dollarisation...
Battle for Regional Legitimacy
15 April 2025 8:24 PM ISTGeopolitical faultlines deepen in the Bay of Bengal as China gains ground, India loses strategic footing, and regional alliances teeter amid conflict,...
Choosing the Right Allies
12 April 2025 8:05 PM ISTIn the midst of a global trade war where India’s imports from China vastly exceed its exports, careful partner selection rooted in historical ties -...
Union or Illusion?
5 April 2025 11:12 PM ISTIndia’s increasingly centralised governance, fiscal constraints on states, and growing North-South tensions are threatening its quasi-federal...