Agriculture
Opinion: Resetting Ties is Now the Challenge
Between a best deal and a sellout, people of India are a witness to an ongoing shouting match between the government and the opposition on what exactly the deliverables are…
Central Asia
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Community
Capital Latitude: Deals Not Diktats
“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agree than to disagree.” — Dean Acheson In early August last year, President Donald Trump, in his usual…
Central Asia
Opinion: Uncertainty and Doubts of Direction
No one was expecting quick fixes at the start of 2026. If anything, there was a conviction that the New Year was going to see the persistence of old conflicts…
Defense
Sanctions at Sea: Marinera Seizure Erodes Maritime Freedom
On January 7, 2026, U.S. forces seized the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera (formerly Bella-1), which was carrying Venezuela-linked oil cargoes. This happened after the vessel refused a U.S. Coast Guard boarding attempt in the…
Defense
Opinion: Getting Real with the Board of Peace
It is not as though the Board of Peace (BOP) is in tatters or on the verge of collapse except that many nations who have been invited to join the…
Community
BRICS 2026 – Implications for a Multipolar World
Recently the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean Noel Barrot, while meeting the Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar, made an interesting observation that France was heading…
Economy
Diplomacy: India and the South Caucasus
Introduction The South Caucasus – comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – is a small but geopolitically significant region, susceptible to intense competition between regional and global powers. It is also…
Community
Opinion: Iran is a Different Challenge
It is a foreign policy scenario that is totally different from what the Trump administration has been witnessing in the last four months. It has nothing to do with chasing…
Crime
Where Oil Meets the Orinoco Sky
“War has a momentum of its own… you know where you begin. You never know where you are going to end.” — George F. Kennan Over a city starved of…
Central Asia
Beyond Optics: India’s New Strategic-Commercial Linkages
America’s volatile foreign policy is forcing India to revisit its own priorities. Domestically, the Modi government seems intent to move faster on domestic reforms to buttress growth that is ordinarily fueled by commercial ties…
Capitol Hill
Senator Lindsey Graham Says U.S. Tariffs Drove India to Cut Russian Oil Imports
US Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham said that US tariffs on India are the “chief reason,” India has reduced its purchases of Russian oil, linking the policy to Washington’s…
Canada
Canada’s New $2.5 Billion Ukraine Aid Package Sparks Fiscal Debate at Home
When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a new economic assistance package for war-torn Ukraine during a brief meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a Halifax-area airport, it triggered a…
Afghanistan
What I Learned About Conflict, Dignity, and Recovery While Visiting Sri Lanka’s Minefields with HALO
Sometimes, life delivers a humbling reset. Last week, I traveled eight hours north from Colombo to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, with The HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian demining organization. What…
Defense
Opinion: A Test of Wills in the Backyard
Sixty-odd decades ago, it was Cuba, a missile crisis, and a potential nuclear showdown with the then Soviet Union. The United States, under the John Kennedy administration, would have no…
Central Asia
US Hosts First G20 Sherpa Meeting in Washington, Outlines Economic Priorities for 2026 Presidency
The United States convened the first G20 Sherpa meeting of its 2026 Presidency in Washington on December 15 and 16, 2025, describing the discussions as “successful.” The meeting brought together…
Defense
Putin Rejects Peace as War Slouches Into Its Fourth Year
Nearly four years after Russia launched what was supposed to be a lightning operation to decapitate Ukraine in days, Vladimir Putin is still explaining—patiently, sternly, and with imperial nostalgia—that peace…