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    Ground not covered in talks with China

    India must maintain constant vigilance and active military presence along the LAC, refusing to lower its guard for vague paper commitments.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 31, 2026 24:46 IST

    Mecca pact: Interests primary, not alliances

    Holding grudges is the opposite of geopolitical agility, and they limit our options in a multi-aligned world.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 17, 2026 02:21 IST

    Grand Strategy: The bigness trap of India’s strategic community

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left), Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meeting in Mecca.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 12, 2026 12:25 IST

    Simultaneous balancing and engagement with China

    The investment opening and the security posture cannot both survive a serious incident at the LAC; one of them is bound to disappear.
    opinion
    Updated on Aug 3, 2026 01:51 IST

    India isn’t the freeloader the US makes it out to be

    US President Donald Trump.
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 20, 2026 02:08 IST

    Don’t read too much into Bangladesh PM’s China visit

    Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China Friday, June 26, 2026.
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 6, 2026 02:41 IST

    Opinion -US-Iran peace deal: A war Trump chose & lost

    The most obvious outcome of the peace MoU is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Donald Trump counts as a big victory.
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 19, 2026 24:55 IST

    Grand Strategy | The material limits of strategic autonomy

    Building material power is politically unglamorous and definitely slower than electoral cycles. (Reuters photo)
    india news
    Updated on Jun 15, 2026 09:08 IST

    SAARC empowers Delhi amidst global turmoil

    A revived SAARC will not change the region’s geopolitical context overnight. What it can do is modest, but still useful. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 7, 2026 16:01 IST

    Keep the doors open for talks with Pakistan

    Now is not the time for grand bargains. What we need is conflict management (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on May 24, 2026 14:49 IST

    What Xi-Trump meet holds for New Delhi

    Washington’s adversary track with Beijing is too intermittent and uncertain for New Delhi to build its own China policy around it. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on May 10, 2026 15:38 IST

    How India must deal with Trumpian insults

    The countries Trump respects, however grudgingly, are the ones that have imposed costs on him and held their public posture steady. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Apr 26, 2026 16:59 IST

    Talks have failed, but diplomacy is alive

    This is still a developing story. Technical teams, according to some accounts, are still talking even as the political delegations have departed. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Apr 12, 2026 16:37 IST

    The telling pause in the US-Israel war on Iran

    Nothing consolidates a regime like a common enemy. Trump’s war may have strengthened the Iranian regime more than Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could have wished for. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS)
    opinion
    Updated on Apr 8, 2026 16:07 IST

    The new Trump doctrine: Every country for itself

    The most telling feature of this war has been the restraint of the Gulf States who have spent decades on the receiving end of Iranian pressure, proxies, and threats. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Apr 2, 2026 15:35 IST

    Why India can’t be a mediator in Iran war

    Great powers mediate in conflicts within their spheres of influence because their leverage can compel compliance. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 29, 2026 16:17 IST

    Mood of the nation and national interest

    Washington will always look after its own interests — the temporary tariff waiver on Russian crude is a tactical concession, far from being a reflection of an honest strategic partnership, and it will be renegotiated the moment American interests demand it (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 15, 2026 16:40 IST

    Dealing with the wars on the western frontier

    I ndia has maintained careful ties with Iran despite US pressure. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Updated on Mar 1, 2026 18:29 IST

    Exorcise ghosts of the past to reset ties with Dhaka

    Once the new government settles down to get the economy back on track, it will have to deal with more substantive issues with India. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 16, 2026 15:17 IST

    Grand Strategy | Will Jamaat bring ‘winter’ to Bangladesh?

    Jamaat-e-Islami is regaining the influence it lost during the Sheikh Hasina era. (Reuters)
    india news
    Updated on Feb 11, 2026 04:03 IST

    The age of militarised middle powers is here

    New Delhi recognizes the strategic opportunity in co-developing high-tech defense platforms with emerging, and militarising, middle powers. (PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Feb 2, 2026 14:54 IST

    Grand Strategy| India-EU trade deal is about economics and geopolitics

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday.
    india news
    Updated on Jan 29, 2026 07:56 IST

    A Dhaka in flux offers an opportunity for New Delhi

    Long considered in the Indian strategic circles as an anti-India political formation, the BNP is not only the clear favourite in this election, but is also shedding its anti-India image. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Jan 18, 2026 16:16 IST

    The corrupted software of international relations

    When the US ignores the Principle of Sovereign Equality (UN Charter Art. 2.1) to kidnap a head of State and attack a country’s capital city and try the former under American domestic law, it ends up corrupting the software of international law. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Updated on Jan 4, 2026 16:47 IST

    The year of middle path in Indian foreign policy

    Both sides of the aisle seem to recognise Russia continues to be an indispensable partner. (FIle Photo)
    india news
    Updated on Dec 31, 2025 05:18 IST

    Why New Delhi needs to handle Dhaka with care

    Neither Sharif Osman Hadi’s assassination nor the protection of his killers serves New Delhi’s interests. In fact, reality is quite to the contrary. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Dec 21, 2025 14:30 IST

    Grand Strategy: India’s global mobility dreams ride on public-private partnerships

    As for the government, PPPs allow the formal processes to focus on high-level policy and security issues. (Representative file photo)
    india news
    Updated on Dec 18, 2025 04:33 IST

    India-Russia tango, with China in the shadows

    For the India-Russia relationship to remain strong, Moscow must reassure New Delhi regarding the China issue, while India should offer some assurances to Russia about its ties with the US and the West. (AP/PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Dec 8, 2025 15:30 IST

    Japan, Taiwan, & Beijing’s designs for a unipolar Asia

    If China is able to solidify its hegemonic position in East Asia, it may encounter fewer challengers across the rest of Asia. If China is able to solidify its hegemonic position in East Asia, it may encounter fewer challengers across the rest of Asia. (AP)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 23, 2025 14:51 IST

    Pakistan and Asim Munir: Bending Constitution to back a garrison State

    Today, there is little challenge to Munir in Pakistan even though he has not captured executive power in the country. (AFP/ISPR)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 10, 2025 15:57 IST
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