The U.S. Department of State has acknowledged that tensions between India and Pakistan could have escalated into “something quite horrible,” crediting senior American leaders for their swift intervention to deescalate …
Diplomacy
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Guest Column: Nukes, Mercedes, and a Dump Truck
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readThere are Generals and there are Generals. And there is Field Marshal Asim Munir, who appears to be getting ahead of himself by wading into an area that even a …
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Handshake or Hardball? What’s Really at Stake in a Modi–Trump United Nations General Assembly Bilateral
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s possible meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of next month’s United Nations General Assembly is shaping up less as ceremonial diplomacy and more …
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U.S. and Pakistan Reaffirm Joint Commitment to Counterterrorism at Islamabad Dialogue
by SAH Staff Reporter 1 minutes readThe United States and Pakistan reaffirmed their “shared commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” during the latest round of the U.S.-Pakistan Counterterrorism Dialogue, held in Islamabad …
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Beyond the Tamasha: What Indian-Style Negotiation Can Teach U.S.–India Trade Talks
by Angela Chitkara 4 minutes readNegotiation is in India’s DNA. It is not about ultimatums or contracts slapped down on the table. It is not transactional. It is relational. It starts with a comfortable seat, …
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India’s Maritime Vision: From SAGAR to Indo-Pacific to MAHASAGAR
by Ambassador Suchitra Durai 6 minutes readA decade ago, on March 12, 2015, while commissioning in Mauritius the gleaming Offshore Patrol Vessel Barracuda, built in Garden Reach, Kolkata, to Mauritian specifications, Prime Minister Modi outlined India’s …
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Guest Column: Looking Beyond Tariffs and Oil
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThere are some folks who have started believing that the downside in United States-India relations has begun and worse days are ahead. Others still are of the view that the …
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on key members of the BRICS grouping are triggering a diplomatic and economic response that could strengthen the bloc’s cohesion and increase its challenge …
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India’s foreign policy is at a crossroads, and Parliament knows it. In a pointed observation tabled in Parliament this week, the Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Shashi Tharoor, …
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Policy Experts and Diaspora Organizations Emphasize Vital Role of U.S.-India Economic Partnership
by SAH Staff Reporter 2 minutes readAmid escalating trade tensions between the United States and India, sparked by President Donald Trump’s decision on August 6, 2025, to impose an additional 25 percent tariff, on top of …