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A rough sketch of a spheres-of-influence world order is becoming more and more visible as US President Donald Trump takes the lead in this direction with seemingly tacit approval of his counterparts in Russia and China – Vladimir Putin and XI Jinping. This is amply...

In politics, especially in India, an axiomatic truth is that there is no permanent enemy or permanent friend. Hence, it is only natural to expect strange bed-fellows when it comes to forming political alliances and more so when stakes are high where spoils of offices...

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has called for India to strengthen itself not only along its borders but across all domains to “avenge” what he described as a painful history of attacks and subjugation. Speaking as the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of...

By Aakar Patel There is much to admire about America, and quite a lot to dislike. The thing to admire most is how it is able both to attract many of the world’s most talented people and to remain open to having them over. Some...

By Dilip Cherian Forget the slogans. The story isn’t about “opening the doors” to experts so much as about how nervous the government got the minute politics sniffed trouble. Over a year after the UPSC published ads for 45 lateral-entry posts at Joint Secretary, Director...

Appeasement or tacit approval of invasion and capture of foreign land helped the rise of Adolf Hitler and the formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis that wreaked havoc on the world before and during World War II. History appears to be repeating itself as US President...

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently, at a gathering at Udaipur’s Bhupal Nobles’ University, sought to brand the ‘educated’ citizens of the country as the brains behind what he called “white-collar terrorism.” The Minister was most likely referring to the doctors involved in the Delhi...

It was a moment of geopolitical déjà vu. On the same calendar day, separated by thirty-six years, United States forces once again seized a Latin American leader and transported him to American soil to face criminal charges. In 1989–90, troops sent by then-President George HW...

By Aakar Patel One of the more interesting things to look forward to in 2026 is the rivalry between the two great powers of our age. The United States has enjoyed a full century of global dominance from the end of the World War I...

By Dilip Cherian India-Bangladesh relations today feel like they’re running on muscle memory, while politics keeps tugging at the steering wheel. For years, the relationship worked because institutions, security agencies, and seasoned diplomats on both sides quietly did the heavy lifting. Now, when tempers flare...