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Modi-Xi meet signals tactical Sino-Indian rapprochement amid US tariff pressures

While driven by a shared interest in responding to a shifting US foreign policy, the deep structural competition and distrust mean that a fundamental realignment of relations may not yet be on the horizon

Trump tariff: Why ‘sanctioning’ India is a strategic folly

Punitive measures intended to discipline India only accelerate its determination to diversify dependencies, deepen coalitions with Europe, Japan, and ASEAN, and invest in sovereign levers of economic and technological strength

Trump’s blunder, Modi’s masterstroke: How bullying Bharat backfired

America has never looked so confused, insecure, and dumbfounded as it did when, in the name of tariffs, it pushed away a friendly nation that was supposed to be the cornerstone of its 21st-century Indo-Pacific strategy

Modi-Putin car ride: When wheels drive diplomacy

Car rides, like other forms of informal diplomacy, provide a key chance for leaders to share lighter moments with their counterparts minus the highly structured formal diplomatic setups

How India, Greece and Egypt can herald a new era of Indo-Mediterranean connectivity

India, Egypt, and Greece can take an initiative in building a new regional architecture that links oceans and continents to emerge not as territories where great powers interact but as players in shaping the common future

Navarro’s Brahmin jab won’t help Trump Make America Great Again

Regardless of who wins or loses elections in America, the ‘Brahmin’ as a bogeyman seems destined to remain, for now

Navigating RIC and SCO: Why India must have clarity of purpose

India’s strength in the RIC and SCO lies not in conformity but in carving space, turning every summit into leverage, every contradiction into opportunity, and every forum into a force multiplier of its own rise

How Europe can be next diplomatic challenge for Netanyahu

The worrying part for Israel is the increasing condemnation and resultant diplomatic isolation and trade and arms embargoes by the European countries, hitherto mostly allies and sympathetic to the Jewish state

How India-China reset requires much more than Trumpian disruption

The SCO Summit definitely comes at a critical time in the context of Trump’s tariffs. However, hoping for an immediate reset in India-China relations would be expecting too much

How PM Modi’s China visit is not a reactionary act, but a multi-alignment strategy

For New Delhi, the symbolism lies in refusing to vacate a space dominated by Beijing. Its presence affirms that decisions about Eurasia and the wider Asian region cannot bypass India

China emerges the ‘winner’ from Modi, Xi’s cautious reengagement, but India won’t be displeased

A reading of the statements issued by New Delhi and Beijing indicates a thematic mistrust lying in the background

PM Modi’s China visit: Strategic engagement, not a reaction to Trumpian storm

The prime minister’s visit to China is the continuation of a long-term, carefully calibrated strategy aimed at normalising relations, managing border and economic issues, and ensuring regional stability, and is not a reactionary policy

Exploring Malwa beyond Ujjain: The forgotten heritage of Mandsaur

To truly experience the ancient heritage of the Malwa region, one needs to drive north of Ujjain to Mandsaur

PM Modi’s Japan visit: The ‘ikebana’ of diplomacy

In Japanese culture, ‘ikebana’—the art of flower arrangement—symbolises patience, balance, and beauty nurtured over time, much like the India-Japan partnership built on the philosophy of ‘jikan wo kakete sodateru’ meaning nurturing growth through time

PM Modi in China SCO summit: Strategic signalling to the West, but long road ahead

The Trump factor has altered dynamics in India-China ties but has not necessarily led to a strategic thaw

Trump’s attack dog Navarro made a string of bogus claims on social media; here’s why his accusations are nonsense

It is difficult to reconcile India’s strategic culture with persistent obnoxious behaviour from the Americans

India’s toughest test: Preserving strategic autonomy in US-China great game

The current global trend is forcing India’s hand to choose between nations and blocs, where again there is visible confusion and ruptures, however temporary

Myanmar in freefall: A democratic dawn moving towards a failed state

Four-and-a-half years after the junta retook control, Myanmar appears to be a collapsed state

‘India can be pressured, but not cornered’: How Western media covered Trump’s tariffs saga

While the American media highlighted that the US measures against India could backfire by driving up inflation on everyday essentials, European publications described the additional tariffs as strategic self-harm by Washington

How India-Japan ties have reached a defining moment

The India-Japan relationship has always carried potential; today, it carries responsibility. The future of the Indo-Pacific will, in no small measure, depend on how effectively Delhi and Tokyo can turn congruence into action

How Trump’s claim of ending the Congo conflict doesn’t hold ground

While US President Donald Trump may claim that he has ended the decades of conflict in Congo and would want American companies to take advantage of DRC’s huge mineral wealth, the recent developments question the claim

Ukraine isn’t Modi’s war: Navarro’s lies, Trump’s ego and the unravelling of Bharat-US ties

If Trump continues to rely on advisers like Navarro—a proven manipulator who once invented an ‘expert’ to validate his theories and now advances the fiction that Ukraine is ‘Modi’s war’—the damage to Bharat-US relations could be lasting and irreversible

PM Modi’s China visit may signal thaw in ties, but India must not lower its guard

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