Opinion

Opinion | The Problem With Trump's Fantasy Of A 'Crippled' Iran

Even a relatively insulated US economy cannot entirely escape the ripple effects of sustained disruptions in one of the world's most critical energy corridors.

Opinion | Pakistan, And The One Big Difference Between 'Broker' And 'Mediator'

A genuine mediator commands confidence and can nudge compromise. A broker, by contrast, merely transmits messages. Islamabad, for all its access, remains closer to the latter.

Opinion | What Iran Might Really Demand From Trump Before It Backs Down

The proposed framework, if it indeed mandates the physical removal of enriched uranium, possibly with external facilitation, marks a significant escalation in demands compared to earlier nuclear agreements.

Opinion | A Humbled Trump Is Now 'Demanding' Help From Friends

The Hormuz 'coalition' was never going to take off. Why, after all, would America's allies want to participate in a crisis not of their making?

Opinion | The Real Winner Of Iran-Israel War Is Someone Trump Never Accounted For

The current crisis promises tens of billions of dollars to Russia in additional revenue. Here's how.

Opinion | How India Should Navigate A 'New' Nepal

A government seeking to diversify Nepal's external partnerships will attempt to balance ties between New Delhi and Beijing, a development that will inject some inevitable tension.

Opinion | The Eerily Familiar Game Behind China's Silence On Iran

What looks like a setback for Beijing in West Asia might actually be more leverage - a chance to build long-term capital without firing a single shot.

Opinion | What's Driving Pakistan-Afghanistan War? Islamabad's Never-Ending Cycle Of Insecurity

Islamabad has accused Kabul of drifting into an "India colony", a charge that was further sharpened following Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to New Delhi last year

Opinion | The Many Firsts In India's New Defence Acquisition Policy

If implemented in both letter and spirit, the next decade could witness measurable progress in India's ability to design, produce, and sustain its own defence systems-reducing import dependence and strengthening India's strategic autonomy.

Opinion | The Great AI Race: India Must Decide Whether It Writes The Code, Or Lives By It

In a century where power will be increasingly mediated through code, compute, and control over data, India cannot afford to drift into technological dependency.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.