The Trump inflection on US foreign policy
Unless his second term differs dramatically from the first, we can expect a mostly disinterested and extractive approach to global engagement by Washington.
The ideational dimension of India’s China challenge
While there is good news from the LAC, the China challenge to India is a long-term one that has both material and intellectual/ideational elements.
These BRICS can’t construct a new world order
For India—neither fully status quoist nor revisionist—a middle path is inherently preferable, a stance not shared by its key BRICS partners.
The new template for dialogue with Pakistan
A clinical minimalism focussed on conflict management appears to define New Delhi’s engagement with Islamabad.
The age of nuclear adventurism
One key lesson many states are drawing from the Russia-Ukraine war is that a nuclear-armed Ukraine would have been better off.
A year after the Hamas strike, insecurity grows
Israel’s disproportionate response and failure of global powers and institutions to enforce a ceasefire have plunged the world into a crisis.