India’s strategic autonomy

India’s strategic autonomy in the age of Trump tariffs

With Trump’s tariff threats looming, India’s strategic autonomy faces its toughest test yet between East and West. #BRICS #QUAD #FTAs Read more »
SAARC and China

Can China set up an alternative to SAARC minus India?

China may see a regional vacuum with a non-functional #SAARC, but it is unlikely to succeed in filling the gap with another regional entity. Read more »
Global health diplomacy and India

Global health diplomacy must confront power asymmetry

Global health diplomacy can only succeed if power is shared across the Global South and North, not just health priorities. Read more »
Rio BRICS Summit

BRICS economic goals clash with India’s Quad strategy

New Delhi’s embrace of #Quad risks diluting #BRICS plans for a non-dollar trade system, leaving the bloc short of consensus and capital. #dedollarisation Read more »
BRICS Summit Rio

BRICS+ meets in Rio amid global shifts and internal fractures

As leaders of the group gather for #BRICS summit, the absence of China’s #Xi and Russia’s #Putin shifts the spotlight to #Modi and Brazil’s #Lula. BRICS+ Read more »
us-india ties, Trump tariffs

Trump-Munir optics undermine US-India ties

Donald Trump’s conduct after the Indo-Pakistan conflict and his diplomatic theatrics have rekindled fears of a return to Washington’s old stance on US-India ties. Read more »
world 2.0, Nvidia, UPI, AI, artificial intelligence, supply chains

World 2.0: Peace and security in the age of converging technologies

A US-China thaw and circular supply webs are rewiring trade, slashing risk and accelerating the green transition in World 2.0. #China #World #NVIDIA Read more »
NATO defence budget hike

Bigger NATO budgets will not preserve western dominance

Lacking parallel bets on #innovation and #softpower, a #defence spending spree by #NATO risks exposing the West’s strategic fragility. #trump #ukraine #russia #china Read more »
BRICS summit and de-dollarisation

BRICS summit to put local currencies at the heart of trade

The Rio #BRICS summit will seek to double cross-border settlement in local currencies, sidelining the long-mooted common BRICS unit. #bricssummit #dedollarisation Read more »
World's largest data breach

World’s largest data breach spurs rush to passkeys

The scale of the data breach shows that reactive resets no longer work—only a decisive shift to passwordless, MFA-first authentication can blunt the next wave. #databreach #google #cybersecurity Read more »