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With the assumption of office by Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of Germany 6 May, Europe’s attempts at consolidation against the belligerence and trade war by US President Donald Trump takes concrete shape. The first step towards this effort was the...

First it was Canada, and now Australia and Singapore: the anti-Trump factor appears to be benefiting parties that are perceived as the best option to counter the US President’s antics. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, 62, secured a second term with a decisive victory over...

The decision taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that caste enumeration will be part of the upcoming census exercise represents a tectonic shift in the BJP’s politics. It not only suggests the saffron...

Through the 1990s and up until fairly recently, India insisted on something called de-hyphenation. The hyphen referred to was the one in the term ‘Indo-Pak’, which is how the world saw South Asia. Neither country was seen from the outside without the shadow of the...

Seven years ago, the NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) was launched with much fanfare at GIFT City—India’s glittering bet on becoming the next Singapore or London in global finance. Fast forward to today, and it’s safe to say the hype hasn’t quite matched the hustle....

Ironically, US President Donald Trump’s threat to reduce Canada into the 51st state of the United States of America has become instrumental in the remarkable victory of Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party in the just-concluded Canadian election. The Centre-Left party of Carney...

Writing history presupposes painstaking efforts to reconstruct what happened in a remote past in a manner that should ensure, as much as possible, authenticity, accuracy and above all objectivity. Available material needs to be used by the writer without colouring them with his or her...

US President Donald Trump’s remarks that there have always been tensions between India and Pakistan and the two countries will figure it out between themselves “one way or the other” sends a very clear message to India, which, at present, is being goaded, by internal...

Can a competent plan on a vital matter be incompetently executed? The United States says it is being looted by the world in trade and wants compensation. This looting has happened through the US not being able to export as much as it imports because...

If there’s one thing India’s babus do well, it’s dressing up flexibility as policy. Case in point: the latest extensions given to Sonia Narang and Abhishek Goyal, both senior IPS officers on central deputation to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Their tenures have been extended in...