C Raja Mohan on Marco Rubio in India: Why Delhi obsesses over Washington
Unlike the US, the Indian elite has little social intimacy or political familiarity with Russia or China. There is only the G-to-G relationship and the coded diplo-speak associated with it
C Raja Mohan writes: Great-power competition demands a first-principles foreign policy
Shifts in great-power relations, the emergence of wars and global crises — these are variables India cannot control. What it can drive is its own modernisation
US-Iran peace deal: A war Trump chose & lost
It is important to state the obvious lest we forget amid the news cycle tomorrow: Washington chose to fight an unnecessary war, and lost the war.
Grand Strategy | The material limits of strategic autonomy
A country’s autonomy is, at the heart of it, a function of its national power, not a function of its political intentions or declarations
SAARC empowers Delhi amidst global turmoil
SAARC offers India what other forums cannot: It needs no guarantees or attention from external actors, and New Delhi can still set the terms of the organisation
Keep the doors open for talks with Pakistan
RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale advocates for open dialogue with Pakistan, emphasizing strategic risk management over civilizational ties amid geopolitical tensions.