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Sindoor marked big shift, but US ties cast shadow
April 26, 2026, 5:30 AM IST
A year after Operation Sindoor, the contours of India’s response in May 2025 appear less as a moment of rupture and more as a confident consolidation of an evolving strategic outlook. Triggered by the Pahalgam…
April 26, 2026, 5:30 AM IST
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What Landau’s candour reveals about the limits and potential of India-US ties
March 15, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
At the recent Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, where global powers outlined their strategic priorities, US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau articulated Washington’s current foreign policy thinking. His remarks were striking not because they challenged…
March 15, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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US-Israel strikes tip Middle East into a new crisis
March 1, 2026, 8:31 AM IST
The US and Israel finally decided to cross a Rubicon that had been looming over the Middle Eastern strategic landscape for some time. Their coordinated strikes on Iranian targets were not merely tactical operations; they…
March 1, 2026, 8:31 AM IST
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For Bangladesh, this is a moment of both peril and possibility
February 15, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
The 2026 general election in Bangladesh — the first electoral exercise after the 2024 student-led uprising that brought an abrupt end to Sheikh Hasina’s long and increasingly authoritarian tenure—marks a decisive inflection point in the…
February 15, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Power and accountability: Covid crisis won’t affect India’s rise. Forego partisanship, bring in expertise
May 14, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
These are challenging times. Deaths, distress and destruction are all that we are encountering daily in the media, in our vicinity and our daily lives. Each one of us has lost someone precious and we…
May 14, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
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The pushback against China: Now, the European Union has released its own Indo-Pacific strategy too
April 24, 2021, 6:00 AM IST
Till a few months back, China’s rise was taken as a given. It still is in many ways. China is a rising economic and political power and it’s pointless to talk about preventing that from…
April 24, 2021, 6:00 AM IST
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A transformative moment: India and Bangladesh, acting together, can drive South Asia’s economic and social progress
March 29, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh last week was symbolic of the extant golden phase in bilateral ties between the two neighbours. It showcased the breadth and depth of a very unique relationship which has not…
March 29, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
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India and the world: Indian elites still remain nervous when it comes to engaging the United States
March 2, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
India joined Australia, Japan and the United States a couple of weeks back for a ministerial meeting of the quadrilateral grouping – the Quad – which underscored its commitment to “to upholding a rules-based international…
March 2, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
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India’s UNSC moment: Delhi must contribute its bit to shape the rules of a “reformed multilateralism”
January 25, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
This month saw India commencing its two year stint as a non-permanent member of the 15-nation United Nations Security Council (UNSC) along with Norway, Mexico, Ireland and Kenya. It is the eighth time that India…
January 25, 2021, 2:25 AM IST
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The end of innocence: 2020 is the year the scales fell from our eyes, enduring challenges became visible
December 24, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
As the 21st century ends its adolescence and enters a new decade, the year 2020 has powerfully underscored what transition from adolescence to adulthood often looks like. The turbulence of 2020 is not merely a…
December 24, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
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Trump’s lasting legacy: Biden’s challenge is that he has to make his presidency Biden 1.0, not Obama 3.0
November 30, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
After US President Donald Trump finally agreed to allow the formal transition process to begin nearly three weeks after the presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden has managed to speak about the possible policy direction of…
November 30, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
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Time to move on: Beijing’s aggression has made India’s diffidence about alignment obsolete
October 28, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
By all reckoning, this has been a dramatic year. With two more months to go, it has already shattered a number of assumptions about global politics and its emerging trend lines. For Indian foreign policy,…
October 28, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
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No place to hide: Power won’t leave India alone, even if Indians claim to be disinterested in power
September 29, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
Every year this month, the world converges in the city of New York. Ostensibly it’s to start a new year in the United Nations General Assembly calendar, but in essence it’s a demonstration of the…
September 29, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
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Tackling the China threat: A tech Cold War is beginning to reshape global geopolitics
September 1, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
After vowing to ban short-video app TikTok from the United States, President Donald Trump has made it clear that he has no intention of stopping just yet when it comes to putting pressure on Chinese…
September 1, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
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Wolf warrior vanguard: The Global Times is a perfect metaphor for China’s rise and current adventurism
July 27, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
Harsh V Pant and Anant Singh Mann The Global Times appears to have gone on a war footing with its recent slew of jingoistic propaganda in the form of badly worded write-ups ever since the…
July 27, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
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The China challenge: In the evolving geopolitical dynamic after Covid, India should side with democracies
June 16, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
Contemporary global order is rapidly adjusting to the “new normal” defined by Covid-19 and new equations are forming with a speed that a few months back would have been unthinkable. Democratic values are becoming an…
June 16, 2020, 2:25 AM IST
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China’s salami slicing overdrive: It’s flexing military muscles at a time when Covid preoccupies the rest of the world
May 13, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
The world is facing a global pandemic, a once in a lifetime crisis – one which is possibly the single biggest threat facing humanity since World War II. Nations are scrambling to figure out a…
May 13, 2020, 6:00 AM IST
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