Doomsday Clock was set to 85 seconds to midnight

Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds: What changed in 2026

The Doomsday Clock was set to 85 seconds to midnight on January 27, 2026, reflecting a tighter global risk environment and weaker guardrails. Read more »
India-Bangladesh ties

India-Bangladesh ties: How Delhi lost a trusted friend

India bet on one party and one leader as the basis of India-Bangladesh ties, and the cost is strategic drift and harder bargaining with Bangladesh. Read more »
India and global health diplomacy

India’s global health opportunity amid US withdrawal

The US exit from WHO has fractured global health governance, and India has capacity — but lacks an institutional roadmap. Read more »
Bangladesh elections

Bangladesh’s exclusionary election and its tryst with democratic renewal

As Bangladesh prepares for elections, the exclusion of the Awami League and concerns over the interim government’s neutrality raise doubts about the legitimacy of the process. Read more »
India EU trade deal

India’s trade deals test limits of strategic autonomy

India's trade deals are not just economic milestones; they are tests of how far strategic autonomy can stretch in a fragmented global economy. Read more »
American foreign policy under trump

How a new America threatens states’ territorial sovereignty

US action against Venezuela and threats to Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Canada mark a new low in American foreign policy. Read more »
NATO

NATO’s decline: Why the alliance has outlived its purpose

NATO’s decline is natural with Europe facing fewer external threats and the growing risks from US strategic dominance over partners. #NATO Read more »
economic chaos under Donald Trump

Trump’s ‘golden age’ descends into global chaos

Donald Trump’s second presidency has produced economic underperformance, diplomatic ruptures and a superpower increasingly at odds with the world it led. Read more »
End of rules-based world order

Trump’s world order breakdown echoes the 1930s

Trump’s disruption of rules-based world order risks a 1930s-style global crisis unless middle powers coordinate to defend stability. Read more »
US-Canada trade

US-Canada trade enters an era of leverage and limits

US-Canada trade is shifting from trust to leverage with America testing the limits of coercion and Canada diversifying its trade. Read more »