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The Missed Pivot
5 Jun 2025 11:49 PM ISTAs East Asia rewires global trade frameworks to outmanoeuvre U.S. tariffs, India remains locked in a limited theatre with Pakistan—missing the real...
The ‘Peace Broker’ in Combat Boots
31 May 2025 11:05 PM ISTIn the midst of record-breaking arms exports, dwindling peace talks and spiralling tariff wars, Trump’s diplomatic doctrine appears to mask a deeper...
India’s Economic Eastgate
30 May 2025 11:11 PM ISTAt the Rising Northeast Summit, India pitched its frontier as a future commercial bridge to Southeast Asia, backed by mega investments and bold...
Fragments beyond Repair?
24 May 2025 11:45 PM ISTAmid the whispering reality of rebellion in Pakistan’s provinces—lending credence to speculations that they might be eying autonomy or secession in...
Geopolitical Quicksand
23 May 2025 12:22 AM ISTAmidst India-Pak tensions, China’s provocations in Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh’s political upheaval, and Myanmar’s instability have converged to...
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...