The Mecca Accord exposes Arab weakness
There is no escaping the essence of Suhrawardy’s arithmetic, that has outlived him, about Arab and Muslim solidarity: ‘Zero plus zero plus zero still amounts to zero’
Simultaneous balancing and engagement with China
India should balance China and trade with China for as long as both can be done without sacrificing the other.
1991’s biggest lesson for India is not about diplomacy
The collapse of old certainties transformed India’s strategy once before. Iran and Ukraine should force Delhi to rethink it again
Beyond US and China, India and others are building a ‘G Minus Two’ for Indo-Pacific
Every major Asian nation, including India and the three countries Modi is visiting this week, knows that Chinese power in Asia and the Indo-Pacific is a reality that must be […]
India isn’t the freeloader the US makes it out to be
The US takes India’s brightest students, trained in our best institutions that are often subsidised, charges them hefty fees, and keeps the smartest.
Don’t read too much into Bangladesh PM’s China visit
Where a neighbouring leader chooses to go first tells little about the state of a relationship, and we must stop treating itineraries as foreign policy outcomes