To read too much into what is happening in Washington, D.C., vis-à-vis what President Donald Trump is saying on Russia sanctions would be as wrong as not seeing the rather …
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President Trump’s India Envoy Nominee Presses New Delhi to Halt Russian Oil Purchases
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 5 minutes readSergio Gor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to India, told US Senators on September 11, 2025, that stopping India’s purchases of Russian oil would be a top …
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Opinion: Pinching the Baby and Rocking the Cradle
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt takes a simple mind to read too much into what is happening in the realm of India–United States relations—a tendency to take at face value all that is being …
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Indian Ambassador Welcomes President Trump’s Nomination of Sergio Gor as U.S. Envoy to India
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 5 minutes readIndian Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Kwatra, has welcomed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Sergio Gor as the next U.S. Ambassador to India, calling it a “sign of importance” …
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Resetting India–US Relations: A Strategic Arctic Opportunity
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 6 minutes readWhen India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands with China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, the headlines wrote themselves: India …
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UNGA President Annalena Baerbock Opens 80th Session, Calls It a “Make-or-Break Moment” for the United Nations
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 5 minutes readOpening the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President Annalena Baerbock declared, on September 9, 2025, the gathering to be “no ordinary” session, emphasizing that the UN …
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Global Study Finds Women Still Largely Absent in News Media Representation
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readDespite making up half of the world’s population, women continue to account for only a quarter of the voices and faces seen or heard in the news, according to a …
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BRICS Leaders Warn of Global Instability; Jaishankar Says Multilateral System Is “Failing the World”
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readAt the virtual BRICS Leaders’ Summit on September 8, 2025, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar cautioned that the state of the world today is “cause for genuine concern,” citing …
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India Clinches Asia Cup Hockey 2025, Secures Spot in FIH Hockey World Cup 2026
by Prabhjot Singh 7 minutes readAfter making heavy weather of its earlier pool and Super League games, the hosts India made a triumphant entry into the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup for men by winning …
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Not everything in foreign policy starts and ends with a social media post; and there could not be a better example than what is happening in India-United States relations that …