Fault Lines of Conflict: The Long-Term Impact of the Iran War
The Iran war may conclude, but its aftermath could reshape power balances, energy systems and global alignments, creating faultlines that outlast the conflict itself.
Category International Relations and Strategic Studies
Don-a-Lago Is Not the United States
India would do well to separate US the nation, from its misrepresentative Trump
Trump and his MAGA base see him as god’s gift to America and the world. India should stop acting as if it belonged to these Deplorables. Iran makes a distinction between the current Indian regime and India as a nation with which Iran has had friendly relations.
Trump’s Repeated and Confident Falsehoods
Trump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech.
India-France Relations: A New Phase of Strategic Partnership
French President Emmanuel Macron’s India visit and the elevation of ties to a “special global strategic partnership” signal deeper convergence in defence, Indo-Pacific strategy, AI, and clean energy. The Horizon 2047 Roadmap aims to institutionalise long-term cooperation amid global volatility.
China’s Nuclear Tests: A Subtle Signal of Defiance
Srikanth Kondapalli Notwithstanding the rampant corruption in China’s military, including in its strategic rocket forces, as seen in the dismissal of commander Li Yuchao and deputies Liu Guangbin and Zhang Zhenzhong, the country continues to modernise its nuclear arsenal. Earlier…
Imprisoned Without Conviction: India’s Undertrial Crisis and the Urgency of Reform
Shakil Ahmed India’s criminal justice system confines 4,34,302 of its 5,73,220 prisoners without conviction the largest undertrial population in the world. This article examines the structural governance failures driving this crisis: an acute judicial capacity deficit, a bail framework that punishes poverty,…
Trump’s Grand Claims, Grounded in Falsehoods
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…