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How Thai-Cambodian clashes undermine ASEAN unity

If Southeast Asia is to move forward as a cohesive and cooperative bloc, resolving historical disputes is essential

Donald Trump has embraced the deep state — and it’ll backfire on America

Donald Trump’s deep state embrace has a message for Bharat: That it is alone in the global powerplay. But the good thing is that New Delhi has all the wherewithal to survive this storm

Delegitimising Pakistan’s two-nation theory: An imperative for India and the West

De-legitimising the Pakistani model of exclusivity would not be humiliating a neighbour, but would be about defending the universal standard that religion cannot be the standard of legitimacy for the state

Make-in-India Rafale fuselage: A strategic move forward

Rafale fuselage will be produced in India for both domestic and global markets. This marks the first time in history that Rafale fuselages will be manufactured outside France

Indo-Canadian ties under Carney: Is it a new beginning?

Mark Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister in March 2025 in what is hoped could be a turning point in Canada's relations with India

South Korea has got a new president, but the challenges remain 

Despite Lee Jae-myung’s election as president of South Korea, the challenge of healing the national divide and kick-starting growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy remains

How US-China trade talks are a techno-economic chess match

The US and China may continue to trade, but the logic of that trade is now governed by mistrust and resilience-building, not efficiency or growth

Operation Sindoor: Opposition playing into the hands of foreign lobbies

India’s opposition parties must realise that criticism should not be at the cost of larger national interest

How Xi’s meeting with China-backed Panchen Lama shows Beijing’s anxiety over Dalai Lama’s succession

General Secretary of the Communist Party is giving a religious sermon to a Buddhist monk – Beijing clearly fears an announcement from Dharamsala about the Dalai Lama’s succession

FATF can salvage its counter-terrorism credentials by cracking down on Pakistan

With the second meeting of the FATF scheduled to commence today, countries interested in the fight against terrorism and its financing need to re-evaluate Pakistan’s role in failing to crack down on terrorism from its soil

Russia’s Su-57 deal can be a game-changer for India’s defence manufacturing

The Su-57 deal could emerge as one of the most significant defence collaborations between India and Russia in the 21st century—potentially propelling India into the ranks of nations with the capability to produce fifth-generation fighter jets on their own ground

US Sutra | Trump and Musk: Bromance stranger than Bollywood

Trump can hardly afford to get bogged down in a petty personality fight with one of his greatest allies and supporters. Musk, too, needs to course correct to return to his first love and passion, tech innovation and colonisation of outer space

Soft power, sharp strategy: How India is silently securing its interests in Central Asia

Unlike China’s debt traps or Russia’s heavy hand, India’s pitch to Central Asia feels like partnership. If Delhi plays it right, it could carve out a niche as the region’s trusted friend, not its overlord

How Canada’s G7 invite to Modi shows India is too big to ignore

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to PM Modi for G7 summit is more than diplomatic olive-branching. It's an acknowledgement that a global strategy cannot afford prolonged estrangement with India

‘Uniting hearts and minds’: Modi realises Vajpayee’s J&K vision through the Chenab railway bridge

Increased connectivity promotes interpersonal exchanges and greater cultural understanding between Kashmir and the rest of India and helps to dispel misconceptions and stereotypes

Beyond Digha: Bengal’s temple glory already shines in Kalna

Located about 90 kilometres north of Kolkata in Purba Bardhaman district, Kalna first finds mention in the 6th century CE Kubjika Tantra – ‘Kubjika’ being a manifestation of Shakti

India must be ready for China's 'fusion warfare' as it rises globally

India’s demonstrated ability to maintain leadership in the Indian Ocean Region and reach in the Indo-Pacific must be accompanied by countering China’s mischief, which encourages its ‘client state’, Pakistan, to commit acts of terror

Price of strategic autonomy: What Russia’s reaction to Op Sindoor tells India

Both Washington and Moscow hesitate to 'go all in' for India. Without clear strategic commitments, neither side will offer India the kind of automatic, noncommittal support it might extend to a formal ally — whether in military terms, intelligence sharing, or diplomatic cover in multilateral forums

The irony of the UN: From peacekeeper to harbinger of terror?

Those who once stood in the dock accused in the ‘War on Terror’ declared by George W Bush are now in the UN coffee room, and officially, there is no terrorism at all anymore. Times do change, but rarely does it stand on its head

Indians in US colleges are in a crisis: One reason is that they have stopped learning

We, Indians, have to reject the models of learning we were drilled into by schools, colleges, corporate employers and peer groups which have turned us into mere employable robots and stop trying to force-fit our resplendent cultural traditions and expressions into the fringes and anonymous cubicles of modern society

Lessons Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web has for India

Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web has revealed a stark new reality: drones costing as little as $1,000 can destroy aircraft worth $100 million or more. This wildly asymmetric cost ratio underscores urgent lessons for India in modern warfare

How Poland’s election of a pro-Trump president sends a ‘thunderclap across Europe’

Though the prime minister, Donald Tusk, remains head of government, Karol Nawrocki’s presidency will limit his ability to push pro-European reforms

Pakistan must not be allowed to evade terror accountability despite escalation risks

India has to realise that once it takes kinetic action against Pakistan, the world wants a quick cessation of hostilities because it fears escalation. In this process Pakistan’s terrorist action takes a back seat for the international community

India at BRICS is a balancing force, not anti-US

India may have its own share of grudges with the West or even the US, including its recent experience during Operation Sindoor, but it will prefer bilateral mechanism to register them on a one-on-one basis

How Pakistani military has metastasised like cancer inside society

The public plays along as the military intensifies its anti-India narrative and false propaganda and the Generals prosper at the expense of the economy

Reviving the Russia-India-China grouping: Why it may not serve India’s interests

The state of India’s relationship with China is not yet such that it should let itself be drawn into a closer embrace of its northern neighbour

When a jihadi state becomes terror gatekeeper

The hypocrisy of UNSC naming Pakistan vice-chair of anti-terrorism committee

Sadhguru | World Environment Day wake-up call: Save soil

About 95 per cent of life on the planet depends on soil, but right now the United Nations agencies are saying the planet has agricultural soil for only another eighty to hundred years

Not against America: India at BRICS is a balancing force and a bridge builder

India seeks and supports an inclusive, sustainable and multipolar world, with effective, efficient and reformed multilateral institutions

World Environment Day | Can we beat plastic pollution?

Unless we as individuals change our mindset and behaviour towards single-use plastic, neither a global treaty nor national legislation will end plastic pollution