Soft Power Through Solidarity: India’s AIDS Diplomacy Potential
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Namibia recently, on his way back from the G20 summit in Brazil, he was received warmly, and awarded the country’s highest civilian honour.
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While Trump Wrecks, China Builds Chips
US president Donald Trump continued to swing his wrecking ball at the world trading system. He has said that he would impose a tariff of 30% on Mexico and the European Union, and 35% on some goods from Canada. He has threatened loyal Asian allies South Korea and Japan with a duty of 25%. On pharmaceuticals, he has promised an import duty of 200%
Amid G7 Drift:India and Canada Reignite Bilateral Ties
The G7’s future relevance will depend on its ability to stay united, share space, and shape the agenda with rising powers like India.
The Collapse of the Nuclear Order
Growing temptations to launch pre-emptive strikes against adversary’s nuclear facilities.
The Hague NATO Summit 2025: Trump’s U-Turn and the Rise of a New Defence Order
For anyone who is piqued by US President Donald Trump’s deceptive diplomacy, where ‘strategic ambiguity’ is a policy choice, his volte face on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offers key insights. During the recently-held NATO summit in The Hague, perhaps the biggest development was Trump’s metamorphosed views that NATO remains relevant for the US.
Vietnam’s US Trade Deal Shows the Risks India Must Avoid
Meanwhile, as China forges ahead in artificial intelligence and robotics, India is stuck with half-baked R&D schemes.
Beyond Sindoor: Terrorism, Tactics, and the Global Gaze
Post-Pahalgam, grey-zone warfare has been on full display, as Islamabad and Rawalpindi peddled fake narratives and carefully crafted a facade of innocence—attempting to mislead the world, especially the gullible Western audience—in the wake of heinous terrorist attacks and the killing of innocent tourists in Jammu and Kashmir by the Pakistan-based terrorist group, ‘The Resistance Front (TRF),’ an offshoot of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).