The Xi–Trump Summit and the Illusion of “Constructive Strategic Stability”
The September 23–25, 2026, state visit by President Xi Jinping to Washington produced pageantry, a two-month extension of the trade truce to January 10,...
What Ails India’s Bureaucracy and the Course Correction
India’s bureaucracy was built for a very different age. It was designed to provide continuity, territorial integration, and political neutrality in a newly independent...
The Fight for the Two Straits: Hormuz and Bab al‑Mandab, and What It Means for India
The Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and key islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait in September 2026 has turned an already volatile...
When the Referee Becomes a Player: India’s Electoral Crisis and the Road Back
The Indian Express’s investigative disclosures about acts of commission and omission within the Election Commission of India (ECI) have punctured the comforting myth of...
BRICS After the New Delhi Summit: India’s Strategic Choice in a Fragmenting World
The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi should not be judged by whether it moved the grouping closer to becoming a cohesive geopolitical or...