When Hon. Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar formally launched India's campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2028-29 term in New York this week, it was more than the beginning of another diplomatic campaign.
Nayanshi Jain Introduction In an increasingly interconnected world, cultural diplomacy has become an important instrument of foreign policy, enabling countries to strengthen international partnerships through shared heritage, values, and people-to-people exchanges. For India, with its rich civilisational legacy and centuries-old…
Policy Update Asmatwali Background India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP) has evolved from a modest post-independence solidarity gesture into one of the most consequential instruments of New Delhi’s foreign policy. Rooted in the Colombo Plan (1950) and later institutionalised through the…
The contemporary international economic order rests on a set of structural arrangements that are rarely codified yet profoundly consequential. Among these, the petrodollar system stands out as one of the most significant pillars sustaining the global dominance of the United States dollar.
TK Arun Trump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech. At a campaign speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that King Purushottam (Porus, the Greeks called…
The current manufacturing push in India is not a marginal adjustment in the overall policy trajectory; it is a structural realignment in the global system dominated by China. The allocation of ₹10,000 crore for the manufacture of shipping containers in the Union Budget 2026 is a paradigm of this shift.
Anil Trigunayat Even before US President Donald Trump took over the White House for the second time, he had ensured a ceasefire in the two-year-old Israel-Hamas war. Since, for the incoming president, it was tactical to please both his friend,…