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US negotiating position is brute force. Iran’s is the power to hurt

Given the challenges, risks, costs, time-insensitivity, and unguaranteed success, it will not be surprising if enthusiasm about the blockade declines...

13.04.2026 10

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A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage...

15.01.2026 40

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What India needs to learn from the Ayni airbase setback

Indian power projection and influence will greatly depend on the choices of small powers — or partner countries — that exercise great agency...

19.11.2025 10

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Is India recalibrating Russian oil import strategy? Saudi Arabia discount offer is key

India has indicated several times that it makes decisions to purchase oil from Russia based on commercial reasons and not geopolitics.

17.09.2025 20

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India-China ties aren’t improving. They’re actually getting worse

Do India and China share a strategic or geopolitical alignment? Are there signs of improving relations in this aspect? Yet again, the evidence points...

28.08.2025 20

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How India lost its geopolitical sweet spot in the world

India appears to have gone from occupying a near-perfect geopolitical sweet spot to now inhabiting a geopolitical no-good-option deadlock.

05.08.2025 30

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India is showing signs of trusting China again. Beijing sees a window of weakness

India’s episodic tactical pivots towards better ties with China to enhance its bargaining position vis-à-vis the US are not new or unfamiliar.

29.07.2025 10

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Why is South Asia strategic studies declining in US? All alignment, no depth

Dialogue between American India watchers and Indian strategic community is broken. It is marked by ‘hot takes’ rather than a sustained...

08.07.2025 20

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All-party delegation isn’t failure of Indian missions abroad. Diplomats work behind the camera

An incentive system for Indian diplomats that is based on validation through recognition ‘back home’ would lead to a preference for spectacle over...

05.06.2025 10

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India’s military revival hinges on overestimating Pakistan Army

We're used to framing the issue as one of deterrence, 'if you do X, then we will do Y and Z'. We should be moving toward compellence— 'if you do not...

20.05.2025 10

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This India-Pakistan escalation ladder is new and slippery

Unlike Balakot strike, recent strikes have come with undeniable evidence of mission success that Pakistan could not obfuscate. A key off-ramp from...

08.05.2025 10

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Any cross-border strike by India faces a potential drawback. It may be seen as underwhelming

The response of Kashmiris has been an outcome that is a true game-changer. The present government has an opportunity to claim ownership over this...

01.05.2025 20

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Trump has given India a window of opportunity. Delhi needs to do more than tweak tariffs

What is needed now is ever-increasing consideration toward structural reforms.

11.04.2025 20

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Before rushing to panic over Trump tariffs, read this October report to understand his intent

Stephen Miran, the brain behind Trump’s tariffs, wrote a report that helps explain the president’s present approach. It also shows why this...

10.04.2025 20

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Can India satisfy Trump with tariff reduction? Vietnam has already tried and failed

India has had a unique approach to Trump 2.0. It has been at once the most enthusiastic, conciliatory and the biggest votary of the ‘method behind...

09.04.2025 10

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India can’t count on Trump’s Russia gambit. Moscow won’t turn on Beijing

Instead of drawing a wedge between Russia and China, Trump’s actions indicate that he could be more interested in a three-power condominium aimed at...

27.03.2025 20

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Trump-induced Europe crisis of today is India’s crisis tomorrow

In its hour of deep crisis, India has an opportunity to have a closer conversation with Europe and establish greater trade, strategic cooperation as...

11.03.2025 20

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