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Harsh V Pant

Harsh V Pant

Articles by Harsh V Pant

How gen Z sees India’s place in the world

As one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, India’s expanding capabilities are increasingly translating into greater political and strategic influence. Yet, material power alone is insufficient. (AP)

Updated on Jun 12, 2026 17:54 IST

Balancing strategic alignment with economic nationalism

The US will apply a reciprocal tariff rate of 18% on a range of Indian-origin goods coversing sectors such as textiles and apparel, leather and footwear, plastics and rubber products, organic chemicals, home decor, artisanal products, and certain machinery (AFP)

Updated on Feb 8, 2026 13:42 IST

How warfare changed in many battlefronts in 2025

Airpower using manned aircraft will stay relevant for the foreseeable future. It can generate a level of mass and precision firepower that is hard to substitute with UAVs. (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 29, 2025 15:38 IST

India-Bhutan: Reiterating old ties in a new context

The visit also underscored India’s gratitude and willingness to engage with the popular and beloved monarchy of the country. (@MEAIndia)

Updated on Nov 16, 2025 16:22 IST

Onus on China to take SCO beyond symbolism

The SCO also provided India and China with a platform for direct dialogue, and both nations voiced their willingness to find common ground on bilateral issues despite notable differences. (AFP)

Updated on Sep 9, 2025 17:37 IST

Shared strategic interests bind New Delhi and Manila

The convergence of strategic priorities, countering Chinese assertiveness, diversifying partnerships, and building maritime resilience has positioned India-Philippines ties as a pragmatic and purposeful partnershi (Rashtrapati Bhavan)

Updated on Aug 10, 2025 14:44 IST

How the young in India perceive global politics

There is also a growing appreciation for India’s exercise of its strategic autonomy vis-a-vis its ties with the Quad countries (@DrSJaishankar X)

Updated on Jul 13, 2025 16:42 IST

The G7’s unravelling and India-Canada reset

For Canada, caught between an unpredictable US and an increasingly untrustworthy China, engagement with India offers a stabilising alternative. (DPR PMO/ANI)

Updated on Jun 19, 2025 14:57 IST

What India needs to learn from US-China trade tussle

Beijing has created an export control framework, weaponising the flow of critical elements to settle geopolitical scores. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 3, 2025 14:10 IST

New Delhi cannot drop the ball on art of the New Deal

The aim of this pause seems to be to finalise the contours of a broader agreement in due course (REUTERS)

Updated on May 14, 2025 14:16 IST

China question facing India after Pahalgam

China would be hoping that relations between India and Pakistan further deteriorate, since any conflagration may leave New Delhi’s military firepower depleted (Mohammed Amin War/ANI Photo)

Updated on May 4, 2025 16:27 IST

Red flags in Dhaka’s embrace of Beijing

Yunus’s clumsy attempt to curry favour with the Chinese could do lasting damage to India-Bangladesh ties (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing)

Updated on Apr 4, 2025 16:09 IST

Paris & Delhi: Partnering for stability in a volatile world

FILE PHOTO: Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words "Artificial Intelligence AI" in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 24, 2025 15:02 IST

How the contours of Quad may change in Trump 2.0

Washington DC, Jan 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya during Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in Washington DC on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) (Dr. S. Jaishankar-X)

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 14:50 IST

Impending showdown in China-US techno-sphere

FILE - A man rides past the Tencent headquarters in Beijing, China on Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) (AP)

Updated on Jan 14, 2025 14:50 IST

Battles of attrition in West Asia & Ukraine

A Ukrainian AS-90 self-propelled artillery vehicle fires towards Russian positions at the frontline on Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) (AP)

Updated on Dec 24, 2024 15:29 IST

Behind the making of the global nuclear (dis)order

TOPSHOT - A grab taken from handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on March 1, 2024 purport to show the test firing of an ICBM belonging to the country's nuclear deterrence forces. (Photo by Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Dec 3, 2024 15:58 IST

India needs to leverage Trump’s China antipathy

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China's President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 12, 2024 15:27 IST

In Kazan, the Global South makes a point about Brics

Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. China Daily via REUTERS (VIA REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 24, 2024 15:01 IST

At 10, the path ahead for India’s Act East policy

Vientiane [Laos], Oct 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn and other dignitaries hold hands during the 21st ASEAN-India Summit, in Vientiane on Thursday. Secretary-General of ASEAN, Kao Kim Hourn. (ANI Photo) (DPR)

Updated on Oct 10, 2024 15:46 IST

Pragmatism set to define Sri Lanka’s foreign policy

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses a gathering after taking his oath of office at the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 23, 2024. Sri Lanka President Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo (via REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 26, 2024 15:32 IST

Singapore is India’s bridge to Southeast Asia

Emerging areas of cooperation, such as technology and regional security,
have bolstered historical ties between the two nations

Updated on Sep 2, 2024 19:16 IST

Delhi-Malé: Beginnings of a welcome recalibration

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calls on Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu. (PTI Photo) (AP)

Updated on Aug 19, 2024 15:59 IST

The message from the UK riots: Government needs to keep its ear to the ground

A protester holds a placard during a counter demonstration against an anti-immigration protest called by far-right activists, outside the Asylum Welcome immigration support service offices in Oxford, western England on August 7, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Updated on Aug 15, 2024 03:00 IST

Budget underscores India’s foreign policy aspirations

Noida, India- July 23, 2024: People watching the live telecast of Union Budget 2024, at a shop in Sector 51. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 29, 2024 15:38 IST

NATO at a crossroads: New purpose, fresh challenges

Updated on Jul 15, 2024 15:32 IST

China in horizon, G7 eyes the Global South

FILE - From right, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni watch a skydiving demo during the G7 world leaders summit at Borgo Egnazia, Italy, Thursday, June 13, 2024. The 27 leaders of the European Union will gather in Brussels on Monday, June 17, 2024 to take stock of the surprise European election results and begin the fraught process of dividing up the bloc's top jobs, but they will be playing their usual political game with a deck of reshuffled cards. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) (AP)

Updated on Jun 17, 2024 18:44 IST

Blinken in Beijing and the mirage of US-China detente

China's President Xi Jinping (R) speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

Updated on May 27, 2024 19:06 IST

Why foreign policy needs to be part of poll debate

As a rising India engages the world with confidence in an increasingly challenging environment, informed contestations on foreign policy should be the norm.

Updated on Apr 25, 2024 17:59 IST

Name games Beijing plays with New Delhi

An Indian Army truck drives along a road to Tawang, near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), neighbouring China, near Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh (AFP)

Updated on Apr 8, 2024 16:26 IST

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