India’s rare-earth gambit is a test of its multi-vector diplomacy
For years, India’s reliance on China for rare earths–the minerals that power electric vehicles, smartphones, wind turbines and missiles–has been ...
22 Aug 2025 17:13 PM
Will a Trump–Putin reset ease India’s tariff burden?
Donald Trump’s new tariffs on India have unexpectedly strengthened New Delhi–Moscow ties, as Ajit Doval’s visit to Russia signaled deeper ...
16 Aug 2025 17:50 PM
How Modi’s ‘strongman diplomacy’ left India outflanked by Trump
Md Sazzad Amin analyses the Trump–Munir episode and its fallout, arguing that India’s personality-driven diplomacy under Modi has left it ...
15 Aug 2025 12:38 PM
Why India’s ruling coalition’s SIR drive sparks opposition allegations of “vote theft”?
Md Sazzad Amin examines Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, a contentious process that the opposition brands as “institutionalized ...
13 Aug 2025 12:18 PM
How an oil-soaked trade dispute could tilt the next global order
A deep dive into the U.S.-India trade tensions over soybeans and Russian oil, revealing how Washington’s tariff moves are part ...
12 Aug 2025 17:00 PM
In the ongoing tariff war with the US, India’s rebound diplomacy risks strategic whiplash
As Bangladesh reels from institutional collapse and ideological exhaustion, this essay explores the existential crisis engulfing its political and moral ...
07 Aug 2025 14:25 PM
What are the true options of Iran in a ‘war’ it can’t win or quit?
Iran’s retaliation against Israel has stirred debate across the Muslim world. As war escalates, diplomacy remains elusive amid nuclear tensions ...
20 Jun 2025 13:49 PM
A strike beyond the bomb: Israel’s broader ambitions in Iran
Israel's strike on Iran raises urgent questions about deterrence, regional fallout, and South Asia’s own uneasy lessons in nuclear brinkmanship. ...
14 Jun 2025 12:48 PM
As China’s cheap drones reshape war, the US risks being left behind
From WWII to Ukraine, cheap drones are rewriting the rules of war—posing a massive threat to outdated superpower strategies. Is ...
05 Jun 2025 14:41 PM
India faces a wake-up call from Pakistan’s Chinese-Built fighter jets… but what’s its strategy?
India unveils AMCA stealth fighter to reclaim air superiority amid rising threats from Pakistan’s J-10C and China’s fast-evolving aerial dominance. ...
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