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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 8

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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 7

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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 30

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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 10

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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 10

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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 9

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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 10

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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 60

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China’s message to FS Vikram Misri—deepen thaw & stay away from Trump

China appears impatient and sensitive to the prospect that India might have the appetite for only a shallow thaw that could be easily reversed or...

05.02.2025 8

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Linking trade and tensions—why India must reassess its approach to Chinese investments

India has reasons to achieve pragmatic economic exchanges, as articulated in the Economic Survey—the inescapability of Chinese supply chains, the...

25.09.2024 1

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India is turning Bay of Bengal into SSBN bastion. China can overreact

Growing anxieties about submarine warfare in the Indo-Pacific and India’s involvement with regional partners require careful analysis of the...

04.09.2024 10

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