Syed Akbaruddin
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Opinion | Nepal's 'Climate Compensation' Pitch Is Valid, But Its Demand From India Isn't
Nepal's vulnerability gives it a claim on multilateral climate finance. It does not follow that India bears responsibility for this.
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Opinion | Trump's 'Forced Labour' Tariff Charge May Really Be About Something Else
After the US Supreme Court curtailed the use of emergency powers for reciprocal tariffs, the Trump administration is searching for firmer legal ground.
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Opinion | Rivers Flow, Memories Remain: On Calls Upon India To Revive Indus Treaty With Pakistan
Those urging revival want India to remember the treaty's durability. India is entitled to remember what it had to absorb to keep the treaty alive.
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Opinion | Why This Is The Most 'Deceptive' Point Of The US-Iran War - Yet
This is coercive bargaining under continuing fire. Every side is trying to improve its position before the next move.
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Opinion | Iran-Israel War And The Limits Of India's 'Strategic Autonomy'
India needs to figure out how to manage the fallout of the Middle East crisis without letting strategic autonomy start to look like a slogan.
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Opinion | What's Behind The US-Iran Nuclear Deadlock? Four Risks, Four Interests
Each side is trying to reduce one risk without paying for another.
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Opinion | Two Peculiar Reasons Behind The Timing Of India-US Trade Deal
India should be clear-eyed about risks. What proclamations give, proclamations can take away. If compliance is judged by mere political mood, sanctions and penalty tariffs can return with little warning.
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Opinion | SHANTI Bill May Not Necessarily Be A Nuclear 'Sell-Out', After All
Whether SHANTI is a sell-out dressed up as reform, or a lever for reliable power for industry and cities, and for turning rural power from a lottery into a utility, will be decided by the hard work of implementation.
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Opinion | India's Exclusion From US' Pax Silica Club Isn't A Snub - But It Matters
India is not part of the initial grouping. Some see this as a snub. Others say it doesn't matter. Both reactions miss the point. The issue is not optics. It's whether India is moving fast enough to be treated as a partner rather than a customer.
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Opinion | Invoked When Needed, Ignored When Not: How A New US Doctrine Sees India
Under the latest US National Security Strategy, India could become a convenience partner, invoked when useful and ignored when inconvenient. It can't accept that role.
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Opinion | US-China Trade War Has Turned Into A Full-Blown Siege, And India Is Stuck
Beijing's export controls, timed before diplomacy, reveal insecurity more than strength. By weaponising minerals, China has reminded the world why diversification is destiny.
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Opinion | Tariff Blitz: Is India Becoming Collateral Damage In Someone Else's War?
As the European Union and the United States tighten the screws on Russia, the knock-on effects land squarely on India.
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Opinion | The Cost of 'Boasting': Trump And India's Post-Op Sindoor Dilemmas
Sometimes, it is not the conflict that changes everything. It is the story told about how it ended. This is one such case.
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Opinion | US, Iran And A Night Of Missiles And Fragile Messages
Trump's ceasefire declaration signals that the US does not seek further entanglement. Whether that message holds beyond a social media post remains to be seen.
