Swaran Singh This weekend’s meetings between China’s vice premier and the U.S. treasury secretary and trade representative will help determine the outcomes of the big summit in April. In global diplomacy, the most consequential conversations often occur far from the…
Srikanth Kondapalli The US President essentially returned empty-handed, with China asserting over Taiwan, ushering in G2 and with no major trade or investment concessions from Beijing In his remarks at the Raisina dialogue on March 5 this year, the US…
On the night of May 11, 2026, a 30-year-old factory worker in Delhi asked a stranger at a bus stop what time it was. That small, ordinary act -- a woman, tired after her shift, trying to find her way home -- was enough for two men to drag her into a sleeper bus, rape her repeatedly as the vehicle moved through the streets of Rani Bagh, and leave her shattered.
The election results across five assemblies will, undisputedly, impact and reshape India's federal-parliamentary political landscapes both in the shorter and longer run. However, in the context of its historic triumph in Bengal, it is a watershed moment in Indian politics.
By convening summits to amplify Global South voices, it can endear itself to many countries, thus limiting the G2’s impact.
Chandrachur Singh Ashish Kulkarni The 2026 Assam Assembly election results are unlike anything the state has seen before. For the first time in Assam’s history, a ruling alliance has won over 100 seats in a 126-seat house — a massive…