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Articles by Happymon Jacob

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

US President Donald Trump.

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.

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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Updated on Nov 10, 2025 15:57 IST

Grand Strategy: Holding on to dated rhetoric hampers strategic flexibility

External affairs minister S Jaishankar (right) hands over five ambulances as a goodwill gesture to Afghanistan's foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, in New Delhi. (ANI File)

Updated on Oct 29, 2025 09:00 IST

India and US: India must negotiate a favourable FTA for giving up Russian oil

The key criterion for India’s decision on buying Russian oil should not be whether it is done under US pressure or not. (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 27, 2025 15:35 IST

India and Afghanistan: The gains of recognising the Taliban govt in Kabul

If New Delhi waits to recognise the Taliban after other countries have done so, it would diminish the diplomatic importance of such a move. (AFP/MEA India)

Updated on Oct 12, 2025 16:11 IST

Curious case of Pakistan’s geopolitical rehabilitation

Pakistan may be engaging in too many tactical and strategic games simultaneously, which could become difficult to sustain (Third Party)

Updated on Sep 28, 2025 16:52 IST

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