Brig Anil Raman
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Opinion | US Visa Shock: It's Time India Stopped Playing Nice With Trump's America
On Thursday, at a White House briefing, US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling, with Vice President JD Vance beside him, suspended eight companies from the programme that lets American employers sponsor foreign workers for a green card. Four of them are India's largest IT firms. The announcement came on the day the commander of America's Pacific forc...
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Opinion | Hegseth Is Overhauling America's War Machine. Why India Should Be Watching Closely
On September 30, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced six reforms at Marine Corps Base Quantico. A new Autonomous Warfare Command Project Meridian, a study of future warfare FORTRESS America, which aims to take US military bases off the civilian power grid and bring critical supply chains home A new showpiece base, with states com...
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Opinion | Why India Cannot Keep 'Overestimating' Its Value To Washington
Some of India's value to Washington came from the tension between the US and China. That is changing now.
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Opinion | Trump-Xi Meet: What China Can Give America, And What India Could Lose
If Trump can secure some of what he wants directly from Beijing, India's immediate value to Washington could change in particular areas.
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Opinion | US Has Institutionally Weaponised India's Russia Oil Dependence. Can New Delhi Cope?
A new legislation can connect India's Russian energy purchases to its access to the American market over a five-year period
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Opinion | China To Pak To America, The Growing Dilemmas Of The 'General'
Recent civil military turmoil in the United States, China and Pakistan can be understood through two lenses.
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Opinion | 86 Votes, 1 Warning: Is India Turning Into Collateral Damage In US' War On Russia?
Washington wants to sever Russian energy income, but India could end up paying the price for it
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Opinion | A New US-Israel Defence Bill Has Opened An Unexpected Door For India
The phrase "integration of the US and Israeli militaries" has become popular because it captures attention. It also obscures the more important story.
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Opinion | Why A Post By A Senior US Defence Official About 'Allies' Should Worry India
Colby's post frames what could become a thorny question in India-US relations.
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Opinion | By Trump, For Trump: Inside The Murky Election Crisis America Is Sleepwalking Into
Trump has learnt that overturning an election after losing is extraordinarily difficult. This time, he is shaping the battlefield before America votes.
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Opinion | America, Trump, And The Politics Of Belonging In A Connected World
Many commentators view the current debate as another chapter in Donald Trump's political story. That explanation is incomplete.
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Opinion | How A Photograph in Delhi Says Something Important About Trump's America
During her visit to New Delhi this week, Venezuela's Delcy Rodrguez, met US Ambassador Sergio Gor. Had the meeting taken place in Washington or Caracas, it would have attracted little attention. In Delhi, however, it carried a different significance.
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Opinion | The Quad Is Slowly Going Quiet - But For A Reason
The Quad is gradually moving away from high-profile summitry toward a quieter, more embedded form of strategic coordination.
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Opinion | Rubio Is In India, But Trump's America Just Launched Its Sharpest Attack On Indian Immigrants
As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in India for the Quad meeting and strategic consultations, the Trump administration is preparing one of the sharpest reversals of long-standing American immigration policy in decades.
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Opinion | Trump-Xi Talks: When One Is Playing Chess, And Other Is Flipping The Board
Xi seeks cumulative advantage. Trump? Short-term spectacle.
