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PM Modi’s visit to Maldives: From friction to forward-thinking

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives— with its symbolic, strategic, and economic weight — is aimed not just at mending fences, but at charting a stable, long-term partnership

Shadow Warrior | Air India crash: How to spin-doctor and peddle narratives, the Western way

Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore used to terrorise villainous Western media by suing them in his courts. They learned to toe the line

From ‘India out’ to strategic embrace: Maldives resets ties with New Delhi

A remarkable transformation in India-Maldives relations underscores the triumph of pragmatism over populism

How decline of PM Ishiba’s LDP reflects ‘Trump effect’ on Japan

The Trump effect—embodied in both American policy and its global ideological footprint—has found fertile ground in Japan’s political soil

Modi’s Midas touch: The alchemy of shifting hostility to partnership through patience and foresight

The best examples of Modi’s ability to transform foreign governments that entered office on overtly ‘anti-India’ platforms into cooperative partners are the instances of Maldives and Sri Lanka

Critical minerals: India should bide its time and build strategic capacity

India currently produces only 1 per cent of global output in critical rare earth minerals even though it has 6 per cent of the reserves—but concrete steps are now underway to boost production and diversify supply sources

How EU’s new sanctions on Russia reveal West’s colonial hangover

The new EU sanctions are not about hurting Russia anymore—they are about telling India how to behave

India-UK FTA: A bold new trade era set to take off

Once operational, this trading agreement is expected to boost India-UK bilateral trade from its current volume of $55 billion to $120 billion by 2030

Nearly a year after Hasina’s exit, stability still eludes Bangladesh

While political ties with Pakistan are acceptable, Bangladesh must not forget Islamabad’s past atrocities or legitimise the oppression of minorities and secular voices

How state plunder and CPEC have made Balochistan Pakistan’s Achilles’ heel

Pakistan’s focus on external threats over internal reconciliation highlights its failure to assert sovereignty through governance, leaving Balochistan a battleground for both local aspirations and global ambitions

Double whammy for Japan: Decline of Ishiba’s LDP, and rise of far right

After back-to-back defeats in both houses—a historic first in 70 years for the Liberal Democratic Party—the latest Upper House loss may well signal that time is running out for PM Shigeru Ishiba. At the same time, a far-right surge has unmistakably reached Japan’s shores

Why India should recognise South Yemen’s independence

Rather than follow the West’s tired and failed strategies on Yemen, India should take the diplomatic lead. The greater problem is the unchallenged belief among many diplomats that unity brings stability

Russia recognised Taliban, but India must tread cautiously

India should approach Russia's recognition of the Taliban with careful pragmatism, rather than simply mirroring Moscow's actions

How India should approach Dalai Lama’s succession issue

India is displaying extraordinary strategic patience with China, the CTA and Tibetan Buddhists have been expecting India to greenlight the succession and reincarnation outlined by the Dalai Lama

FBI seeking arrest of Iran’s Pakistan ambassador is a challenge for Islamabad

The US investigation agency’s move to name Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan in a ‘wanted’ poster over the Levinson case has put Islamabad in a diplomatic bind

NCERT’s tame revision and distorians’ loud outrage: Why Bharat is still in search of its true history

The time has come to challenge Leftist distorians and expose their hollow intellectual halo. Only then will Bharat’s history be salvaged

India and China are inching closer due to Trump, but trust Beijing to still play the game of strategic deception

US president is authoring a tactical thaw between India and China despite fundamental strategic divergences and lingering mistrust

RIC redux: How India should navigate old groupings in a new world order

Growing interest in RIC among Indians is not about rejecting the US or embracing China—it’s about building leverage through diversified partnerships, given today’s fragmented global order further disrupted by Trump-era unpredictability

How Yunus’s assault on shared Bengali heritage betrays his own nation

The Gopalganj violence, the failure to conduct autopsies, and the move to demolish Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home are not mere missteps but a profound betrayal of the Bangladeshi people’s trust and their shared history with India

Maratha bastion in Tamil heartland: Gingee fort’s rise to Unesco glory

It’s stunning that key Maratha forts linked to Shivaji’s strategy have earned Unesco World Heritage status, with the inclusion of Tamil Nadu’s Gingee fort making it truly impactful

How India is challenging China’s chokehold on critical minerals

China’s near-monopoly on critical minerals may have sparked disruption, but it has also ignited a global awakening. For India, this is more than a supply chain challenge, it's a geopolitical inflection point

India’s playbook for US trade deal: Engage, but don’t kneel

President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy is less about trade and more about geopolitical blackmail. By refusing to be rushed and diversifying its trade horizons, Delhi shows that strength lies in patience and strategy, not submission

India must act fast on solving fishers’ dispute with Sri Lanka

With campaigning for next year’s Tamil Nadu Assembly elections already heating up, there is an urgent need for Delhi to delineate the Kachchatheevu issue from the stand-alone fishers’ dispute, and keep the former especially out of domestic politico-electoral bickering in India

Crude truth: India draws a red line on strategic autonomy amid Nato pressure

Sovereignty cannot be traded for approval ratings in Brussels or Washington. Energy security, economic pragmatism, and strategic autonomy will continue to define India’s foreign policy no matter who disapproves

RIC vs reality: Why India is cautious of a troika with China and Russia

Perhaps India should privately share its concerns with the Russian leadership and tell them that for the moment, Delhi sees Brics and the SCO as providing enough scope for trilateral cooperation between Russia, India, and China

India’s Northeast: The new frontier in critical mineral security

As per a recent government statement, India’s Northeast is home to several critical minerals, including lithium, cobalt, chromium, rare earths, graphite, and vanadium

Shadow Warrior | Zohran Mamdani and the coming crisis for Hindus in America

In addition to the increasing animosity toward H1-B-holding Indians, who are predominantly Hindus, a victory for Zohran Mamdani will basically make it clear to US Hindus that their days are numbered—and that the US may rapidly follow the UK into societal and economic collapse

Riot, repression and reform: Will Kenya finally change?

If the Kenyan government does not change course, it won’t just endanger the country but also destabilise the region

Arakan Army is key to India’s Myanmar strategy: Time to acknowledge it

The successful completion of the Kaladan project is much more than just a ‘friendship treaty’ between India and Myanmar. It could become the axis around which India manages the growing instability on its northeastern borders

Tesla touches down, but will it build in India?

Tesla has still not committed to building any factory in India. Talk of a multi-billion-dollar plant still remains in the realm of speculation