The other G2 and three lessons that follow for India
Just weeks ago, Trump signed legislation giving him sweeping powers to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries like India buying Russian oil. Hypocritical? Of course. But […]
The multipolar world India wants may be a distant reality
Organisations like the APEC, BRICS, EU, G7 and NATO don’t shape the world order. They operate within the parameters set by great-power politics
No fire & brimstone: Delhi pushes back against making BRICS a geopolitical bloc
BRICS has not resolved the conflicts among its members or ended their competition for influence. It has simply avoided imposing an ideological straitjacket on them and making the world worse […]
The middle-power question that New Delhi faces today
Where does India stand on the middle power conversation? India’s answer to this moment has been ambivalent. New Delhi is both tempted by the idea and resists it
India must stand on its own feet as great powers tango
Exploiting global contradictions is the right instinct, but the harder task is ensuring India builds enough power to matter when there are fewer to exploit
Don’t mistake the noise around BRICS for impact
What does India want BRICS to be? Who does it benefit? If hypothetically, BRICS becomes a pole against the US-led order, would that be in Delhi’s interest?