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Opinion | A Humbled Trump Is Now 'Demanding' Help From Friends

17.03.2026 10

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Opinion | The Real Winner Of Iran-Israel War Is Someone Trump Never Accounted For

13.03.2026 10

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Opinion | How India Should Navigate A 'New' Nepal

11.03.2026 10

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Balancing strategic alignment with economic nationalism

09.02.2026 20

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Opinion | China's Fallen Generals: Inside Xi's Military Purge, And What It Means For The Border

31.01.2026 8

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Opinion | India's Board Of Peace Bet - Between Urgency And Legitimacy

25.01.2026 20

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View: India, don't drift from Chabahar

22.01.2026 10

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Opinion | China's "Core Interests": What It Means, And Why Arunachal Is Now A Part Of It

07.01.2026 10

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Opinion | Donald Trump Has A New Project: 'Make Venezuela Great Again'

05.01.2026 10

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How warfare changed in many battlefronts in 2025

For India, a key lesson from 2025 is that innovations in drone use that blend their employment with missiles will obviate predictability

30.12.2025 20

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Opinion | Is India Becoming 'Collateral Damage' In US' Tariff Wars?

22.12.2025 20

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So, align tariffs to strategy? Trump 2.0 NSS views India as crucial partner amid trade tensions

09.12.2025 10

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Opinion | Why Putin's India Visit Was Bigger Than Just 'Deals'

08.12.2025 10

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Opinion | AI Images To Clips, Inside China's 'Disinformation' Campaign Against India

24.11.2025 7

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India-Bhutan: Reiterating old ties in a new context

PM Modi’s recent visit to the mountain nation visit was intended to address the new dynamics of a changing Bhutan

17.11.2025 10

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US to resume nuclear testing—what are India’s choices?

All options are costly and risky. But not making a decision now could further limit India’s choices in the future.

10.11.2025 5

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Opinion | China's Great Military Bloodbath: Why Is Xi Firing His Own Loyalists?

03.11.2025 4

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Russian oil gets slippery for India-US

24.10.2025 3

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Opinion | What Ashley Tellis 'Spying' Allegation Should Tell India About Chinese 'Influence Ops'

17.10.2025 10

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Opinion | The Difference Between Trump And Jaishankar At United Nations

01.10.2025 10

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Opinion | The Real Reason Behind Trump's Change Of Heart For TikTok

24.09.2025 6

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Chabahar wrong port of call for US

22.09.2025 4

The Economic Times

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Onus on China to take SCO beyond symbolism

Since joining the SCO as a full member in 2017, India has sought to reorient it toward genuine connectivity and cooperative endeavours that respect...

10.09.2025 20

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Opinion | Trump, Tariffs, And A History Of Russian 'Discounts' To India

08.09.2025 7

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Modi meets Xi in Tianjin: Handshakes, hard lines and hidden messages

01.09.2025 4

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Opinion | Trump Has Miscalculated That India Is A Softer Target Than China

29.08.2025 10

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Opinion | The India-China Thaw Needs Eyes Wide Open

22.08.2025 20

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India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

The declassified doctrine outlines the framework for planning and execution of amphibious operations by integrating maritime, air and land domains.

20.08.2025 7

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Trump and Putin still walking on thin ice

18.08.2025 10

The Economic Times

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Shared strategic interests bind New Delhi and Manila

The upgrade in ties is about two confident democracies leveraging shared interests to shape the contours of engagement in an increasingly contested...

11.08.2025 10

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Opinion | A Year Later: Did Bangladesh Trade One Crisis For Another?

06.08.2025 7

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Opinion | 'TACO' Routine, And Other Explanations For Trump's Great India Meltdown

31.07.2025 10

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Opinion | China, Pakistan, And The Trouble With Keeping Snakes In Your Backyard

16.07.2025 10

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Opinion | The Dalai Lama Succession Row Is China's Headache - And India's Too

08.07.2025 10

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Quad meeting: How square is quadrilateral?

03.07.2025 10

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Opinion | What If Trump Has Just Started Another 'Forever War'?

23.06.2025 30

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The G7’s unravelling and India-Canada reset

The G7’s future relevance will depend on its ability to stay united, share space, and shape the agenda with rising powers like India.

20.06.2025 10

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Opinion | What's Behind China's Growing Military Aggression? A 'White Paper' Has Clues

16.06.2025 20

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Hyphenating US-Pak: Doing business with gunmen

13.06.2025 10

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Opinion | Ukraine's 'Op Spiderweb' Has Something In Common With India

06.06.2025 10

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What India needs to learn from US-China trade tussle

While the US-China trade talks have stalled for now, it would be too soon to pronounce a verdict on the trade row.

04.06.2025 10

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Opinion | Trump's War On Harvard Is Not Just About Harvard

30.05.2025 10

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India-Pakistan conflict exposed the real danger — China

For New Delhi, the path forward lies not in indulging theatrical appeals to ‘Asian brotherhood’, but in resolutely preparing to confront Chinese...

28.05.2025 10

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New Delhi cannot drop the ball on art of the New Deal

A US-China thaw increases the possibility of putting Beijing back in business at the expense of New Delhi

15.05.2025 10

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Opinion | Are India-Pakistan Stuck In A Deterrence-And-Escalation Cycle?

09.05.2025 10

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China question facing India after Pahalgam

Nations act solely in supreme national interest. China’s response to the Pahalgam terror strike is in steady contrast with its own stand on many...

06.05.2025 10

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Opinion | Will Canada Finally Make Nice With India?

01.05.2025 10

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Striking back at Pakistan is full of risks. India must master choreography of escalation

In this shadowed theatre of subcontinental power, the art of war must be tempered by the craft of diplomacy.

29.04.2025 10

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Opinion | Pahalgam Attack: There's A 'Vance' Factor In Pakistan's Folly

25.04.2025 20

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MAHASAGAR is the next step in India-Africa collaboration. It addresses maritime security

Within a month of its announcement, India is poised to launch its MAHASAGAR initiative in collaboration with the littoral countries of the Western...

09.04.2025 10

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