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Pranab Dhal Samanta

Pranab Dhal Samanta

The Times of India

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India has to work out interim practical arrangements, without getting in the way of Iran or US

India has to work out interim practical arrangements, without getting in the way of Iran or US

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20.04.2026 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

It's the politics, stupid: Political, not economic, dynamics to derisk supply chains is what India needs

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07.04.2026 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Hormuz, escalation or exit? From Nowruz to Easter, a bridge for Trump to build - or is it a bridge too far?

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23.03.2026 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Fast changes in West Asia require India to perform high-wire diplo-dexterity

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10.03.2026 30

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

US tariffs: Supreme Court ruling creates instability, what's next for India?

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23.02.2026 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

America plus one strategy: India has to diversify and build leverage in a global ecosystem of distrust

10.02.2026 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Europe’s cracks finally give India its long-awaited opening

26.01.2026 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Global trade matrix: India mustn't remain a lone ranger while arenas are being carved out

13.01.2026 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Trump's 2025 tightrope for India

29.12.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Across the board we go: PM Modi’s 360° systemic reforms aim to remake India and raise its global profile

15.12.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Russia should shed the Soviet lens on India, and embrace its growth story

02.12.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

NDA's Bihar win solidifies GoI's position not to fall for the 'Asim Munir trap'

18.11.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Chinese reality checkers: After Xi-Trump meet, India needs to reposition itself in a changed terrain

02.11.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Pindi's Playbook on Kabul: Why India can ill-afford to take Pakistan’s new Afghanistan tactics lightly

23.10.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Trump's pursuing a multi-purpose project in Pakistan hoping for RoI, but...

06.10.2025 30

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Use the new Trumpian construct of the ‘winner-loser’ frame to deal with US

22.09.2025 9

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

MAGA may make for great politics, but so far it’s been bad geopolitics

08.09.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

The US 25% levy on India is certainly not to ‘make it harder for the Russians’

25.08.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Why answer to India-US relation stands in defence folder, not in trade

12.08.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

There is a Trump deal within the trade deal, which is making things tricky

28.07.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Election Commission’s special intensive revision’s top-down ‘must do’ approach is problematic

14.07.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

India must ensure the relationship with institutional America keeps ticking

30.06.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Nuclear-capabilities of Pakistan and Iran have brought India and Israel closer

16.06.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Is Trump's crypto policy opening doors for terror financing in Pakistan?

02.06.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

The evolving landscape of global anti-terror consensus: Implications for India & the US

20.05.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Rattled in Rawalpindi

14.05.2025 20

The Times of India

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Prosperity is their target: Pahalgam's strategy to scare away India's investors and visitors

06.05.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Indo-US Tech Alliance: A strategic pivot amid the US-China tech cold war

21.04.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

It's the geopolitics, stupid! Weaponisation of commerce, started by Xi, comes full circle with Trump

07.04.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

India may gain more by being proactive as trade dynamics with US change

25.03.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

A tonic for atomic: Reforms package can provide a turning point in India’s nuclear energy programme

10.03.2025 10

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

To trade softly on US toes: How should India navigate Trump’s time-bound reciprocal tariff gauntlet?

25.02.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta

Delhi election verdict: How BJP's win reshapes power dynamics from states to Centre

10.02.2025 20

The Economic Times

Pranab Dhal Samanta