What Xi-Trump meet holds for New Delhi

India has benefited from US-China contradictions over the past decade. That’s changing
How India must deal with Trumpian insults

Disrespect from the US President is not something to be ignored in the earnest hope that America after Trump will be more decent.
India, Spain and the EU: The New Geopolitics

CSDR, in collaboration with Fundación Alternativas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain, is organising an expert discussion bringing together policymakers and experts to examine India–Spain relations in a changing global order. Discussions will focus on defence cooperation, strategic convergence, defence-industrial collaboration, and partnerships in cutting-edge technologies shaping economic security and competitiveness.
VANTAGE | The Hormuz Test | May 2026

VANTAGE is CSDR’s periodic publication that examines active conflicts in real time, asks what they mean for the international order, and captures authoritative Indian perspectives on the consequences that matter most: global stability, regional balances of power, energy and trade, and India’s own strategic choices.
US-Iran diplomatic road long, arduous but why ‘grand bargain’ remains the goal

Recent reports suggest that both the US and Iran are exploring steps that will allow each to claim early gains while preserving leverage for subsequent stages. This, of course, is […]
C Raja Mohan writes: Costs of permanent revolution are catching up with Tehran

Four dynamics — rigidity, fracture, decay, and war — do not operate in isolation. They reinforce one another. Within this tightening vice, Iran’s room for strategic manoeuvre is shrinking