India at the Pivot: US–China Competition, Strategic Trust, and the Next Phase of the Partnership
In a significant 2026 hearing of the US–China Economic and Security Review Commission, commissioners and expert witnesses discussed a question increasingly vital to American...
Akhand Bharat—Pacifism, Consensus, and Acquiescence
“Whereas it is in the nature of things that the ‘resolution by consensus’ mechanism over period of time shall drift through the stage of...
The Asymmetry of Commitments in the Indo-US Trade Deal
The Indo-US trade deal has been presented as a landmark sign that India and the United States have finally aligned their economic and strategic...
India’s Toughest Deal with the US: What Did India Actually Gain?
The government has called the latest India–US trade deal historic. A breakthrough. A sign of India’s rising stature. But history has a habit of...
Leadership, Security, and the Optics of Confidence: A Democratic Reflection
In a constitutional democracy, leadership is assessed not only by electoral outcomes or economic indicators but also by confidence—confidence in institutions, processes, and the...