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Opinion | Islamabad Talks: Iran Seems To Have Figured Out A Crucial Thing About Trump
This has been primarily an outcome of Washington's inability to effectively combine military capacity with political acumen.
- Friday April 10, 2026
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | Trump's New Rule For The Road: My Way Or The Highway
Trump's bottom line assessment seems to be that he alone can be the arbiter of any limits to his authority, and that he has the liberty to use any instrument to cement American supremacy military, economic or political
- Tuesday January 13, 2026
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | Trump-Xi Meet To G20 In Florida, What India Is Looking Forward To In 2026
The past year was one of the most momentous in recent times, made so by the arrival of a US president who is bent on transforming the world to his own image.
- Wednesday December 31, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | West May Fume, But India Has More Than Enough Reason To Keep Putin Close
Maintaining strategic ties with Russia, even while deepening partnerships with the US and the EU, makes for an especially difficult phase for India. It will have to figure out ways to square the circle.
- Wednesday December 3, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | Why A US Report Mentioning 'Pak Success' Has India Bristling
Just one sentence in a report of a US Congressional Commission has got a lot of knickers in a twist in India. The sentence in the 675-page report reads: "Pakistan's military success over India in its four-day clash showcased Chinese weaponry."
- Thursday November 27, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | Modi-Xi Meet, And Everything That Was Left Unsaid At Tianjin
The warm smiles exchanged at the feverishly covered meeting between Modi and Xi neither mean that India is dumping the West completely, nor that all is finally well between India and China. It's complicated, still.
- Tuesday September 2, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | What Operation Sindoor Has Taught Us About War And 'Information'
Learning lessons from Operation Sindoor is important, and that requires a degree of openness. In defence, there is no finality.
- Saturday May 10, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi
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Opinion | No Flood Data, New Dams: How India May Target Pak With Indus Treaty Suspension
In the immediate term, India can hurt Pakistan by halting data-sharing, publicising new projects, optimising existing dams and escalating diplomatic pressure, thereby causing public anxiety in the already water-stressed country.
- Monday April 28, 2025
- Opinion
- Manoj Joshi