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India, Russia Move to Fast-Track Investment Treaty

India and Russia are moving to fast-track negotiations on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), signaling an effort to give their expanding economic relationship a more durable investment architecture even as…

By R. Suryamurthy · September 11, 2026

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Post-American Geopolitical Balancing Act

Five years after the Taliban took back Kabul, the situation in Afghanistan remains complicated. Although the long war has largely ended, the Taliban now controls nearly the entire country. There…

By Sanjay Upadhya · September 11, 2026

Central Asia

India, Russia to Discuss SMRs, S-400 Delays, AI and Rare Earths

India and Russia are likely to discuss joint development of new Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and a second Kudankulam-type nuclear power plant at another location in India, besides the status…

By Jayanta Roy Chowdhury · September 10, 2026

Diplomacy

Will the BRICS Summit Move Towards De-Dollarization?

As the BRICS summit approaches, all eyes, from stock market players across the world to heads of powerful central banks, will be on any moves that may crop up during…

By Jayanta Roy Chowdhury · September 9, 2026

Central Asia

What’s at Stake for India at the SCO Meet

All eyes are out on possible outcomes from meetings between the big three at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, that is, on China's President Xi Jinping, Indian…

By Jayanta Roy Chowdhury · September 1, 2026

Diplomacy

India in Moscow on Sunday, Beijing on Monday

There is a habit in commentary of treating every Indian visit abroad as a signal of which way Delhi is leaning. Lean west, lean east, lean north. The habit misses…

By Rahul Pawa · August 26, 2026

Community

Opinion: Re-Start is the Problem Now 

Even before the expiration of the New START Treaty on February 5, there were problems aplenty, starting with the thinking that perhaps the international order was slowly slipping into anarchy,…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · February 15, 2026

Community

Opinion: The Fascination with the Number 500

It is not an exaggeration to say that not all are math geniuses especially having moved from tens, hundreds and thousands to millions, billions, trillions and perhaps even zillions. In…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · February 13, 2026