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Opinion | What China's 'Secret' Nuclear Test Means (If It Really Did Happen)
The episode, if true, illustrates how ambiguity in one state's nuclear behaviour can reverberate across regions
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Opinion | India's Board Of Peace Bet - Between Urgency And Legitimacy
Peace in the Middle East has always been a function of the role that external powers have wielded, most profoundly that of the US. Once again, the Gaza peace plan enforced by a Board of Peace (BoP) has the US writ large over it.
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Opinion | Donald Trump Has A New Project: 'Make Venezuela Great Again'
Trump's presidency, much like of those before him, reveals the structural constraints that limit any US leader's ability to disengage from global conflicts.
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Opinion | Is India Becoming 'Collateral Damage' In US' Tariff Wars?
As US-China economic tensions persist and intensify across select geographies, middle powers are increasingly adjusting trade policies to avoid direct confrontation with Washington.
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Opinion | Why Putin's India Visit Was Bigger Than Just 'Deals'
The significance of the 27-hour-long visit lies less in the agreements concluded and more in the strategic message it conveyed, that the bilateral partnership retains its own momentum,largelyinsulated from external constraints.
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Opinion | What Ashley Tellis 'Spying' Allegation Should Tell India About Chinese 'Influence Ops'
Two separate cases underscore one of the most serious challenges that open democracies are facing today in managing Chinese aggressive tactics when it comes to influence operations.
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Opinion | The Difference Between Trump And Jaishankar At United Nations
In its conduct, the UN seems caught in the quintessential cleft stick - a dependence on world's major powers and economies for its funding but a promise to the world to be democratic and unbiased.
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Opinion | Trump, Tariffs, And A History Of Russian 'Discounts' To India
The Trump administration's rather obtuse justification for imposing tariffs on India while American businesses eye investments in Russian energy projects has prompted a strong pushback against the US.
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Opinion | Trump Has Miscalculated That India Is A Softer Target Than China
True, India's trade volume with the United States is far smaller than China's, leading Washington to perhaps assume that New Delhi could be pressured easily. But the consequences are proving to be far more political in nature than economic.
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Opinion | A Year Later: Did Bangladesh Trade One Crisis For Another?
A year into the regime change, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads between reawakening and regression.
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Opinion | 'TACO' Routine, And Other Explanations For Trump's Great India Meltdown
Trump had already pushed the initial deadline for the tariffs from July to August, and another extension would further entrench the belief in the 'TACO' - 'Trump Always Chickens Out' - theory.
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Opinion | The Dalai Lama Succession Row Is China's Headache - And India's Too
India's future countermeasures vis-a-vis China - in terms of border negotiation, border trade or tourism, and even Dalai Lama's succession - must take into consideration the complex picture of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Opinion | What If Trump Has Just Started Another 'Forever War'?
Khamenei's political legitimacy rests on his ability to stand up to the 'Great Satan', the US. While America may not be targeting the regime directly, these attacks are a challenge to him, which he won't be able to let go of without a response
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Opinion | Ukraine's 'Op Spiderweb' Has Something In Common With India
Our own uneasy neighbourhood reminds us daily that lasting peace must be safeguarded by the willingness and the capacity to strike at the root of violence - not just its branches.
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Opinion | Trump's War On Harvard Is Not Just About Harvard
Underlying this clash is a broader shift in American political sentiment, especially in light of the war in Gaza and the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks.
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Opinion | Are India-Pakistan Stuck In An 'Escalation Cycle' Now?
Deterrence between India and Pakistan is fragile, but India's capacity to deter Pakistan's use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy will require more than kinetic strikes, as we have witnessed over the last two days.
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Opinion | Will Canada Finally Make Nice With India?
As a fresh face without the political baggage of Trudeau, and as someone who is widely seen as pragmatic rather than ideological, Carney has an opportunity to recalibrate Canada's foreign policy.
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Opinion | Pahalgam Attack: There's A 'Vance' Factor In Pakistan's Folly
The US engagement with India is of a different order today, and the inability of the Pakistani military industrial complex to comprehend this shift will force it to keep making the same mistake, again and again.
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Opinion | India And Trump: The Two Election Villains That Have Shook Up Canada
The rapid developments in Canada over the past few weeks suggest that continued political targeting and smear campaign against India has persisted, led by the Liberals and the NDP, in particular.
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Opinion | Why New Zealand Wants Better Ties With India - Despite China
New Zealand has been cautious in aligning with security mechanisms that could antagonise Beijing. But it has signalled a desire to balance its economic and security interests in a changing regional order.
