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Rudra Chaudhuri
Articles by Rudra Chaudhuri

No reset to past, but reframing of future

Those sectors in India focussed on exports to the US and elsewhere can take a breath. (HT Archive)
Updated on Feb 4, 2026 15:35 IST

Short-term hiccups, long-term rewards

Notwithstanding all the noise on the television channels and in Parliament, it is in India’s interest to be linguistically altruistic to the US President for the sake of a relationship that has the space and dexterity to bridge ties beyond immediacy. (REUTERS)
Updated on Aug 2, 2025 16:41 IST

Where America and India will meet, differ

A sculpture made by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik depicting former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after he won a sweeping victory in the US presidential election in Puri of India's Odisha state on November 6, 2024.(Photo by AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Nov 9, 2024 14:41 IST

New grammar of India-US relations

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 22, 2023. The Washington Monument is seen in the distance (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)
Updated on Sep 19, 2024 15:16 IST

9/11: The end of the ‘forever wars’

A member of Taliban forces stands guard next to a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. America’s credibility might have been stonewashed in Afghanistan, but there is little reassurance needed to those nations committed to areas of interests well inside Biden’s geopolitical wheelhouse. These interests include managing China, investing in Quadrilateral alliances, and doubling down on new marketplaces and opportunities in the Indo-Pacific. (REUTERS)
Updated on Sep 10, 2021 07:30 IST

The centrality of defence in India-US ties

America is back. Diplomacy is back. Alliances are back.” This is, undoubtedly, United States (US) President Joe Biden’s foreign policy bumper sticker. It is this simple, clear, and irrevocably direct message that the US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, brings to India on March 19, as he touches down in New Delhi for a short visit. (REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 18, 2021 13:26 IST