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 […]
US-Israel planned to reinstate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran. An Expert Explains why it was unlikely to work
The former Iranian President’s association with US aggression against Iran significantly reduces his chances. Moreover, Iran has a long history of staunch regime allies working within the Islamic Republic’s larger […]
Expert Explains | As Trump claims ceasefire on ‘life-support’, why US-Iran crisis is far from over
The differences between Washington and Tehran remain the same as in April: over Iran’s nuclear enrichment rights, the fate of its existing enriched stockpile, its new control over the Strait […]
Opinion | The Great Gulf Divorce: The UAE Has Broken From The Arab Order – But For What, Really?
For half a century, the UAE survived by balancing Arabia, America and Iran. Now, it seems to have chosen a side.
Expert Explains | Why US and Iran are stuck in the threats-talks circle
For the US, nuclear programme negotiations are distinct from the ceasefire talks. For Iran, they are inextricably linked.
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