U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur’s recent visit to Dhaka should not be viewed merely as a routine diplomatic engagement. Rather, it reflects …
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A Region at War, A World on Edge: The Expanding Iran Conflict
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 6 minutes readThe Middle East has entered its most dangerous military confrontation in decades, after a coordinated U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran — dubbed Operation Epic Fury — killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah …
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Opinion: Japan Faces Pressure From China
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThe whole world is watching nervously at the Middle East, where the Trump administration is flexing its muscles over a nuclear deal that should be to the satisfaction of Washington. …
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Opinion: Entering the Fifth Year on a Dangerous Note
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 4 minutes readNothing can be more stupid than playing games with nukes. Even talking about using nuclear weapons, and that too in highly casual ways, is foolhardy, especially in a world that …
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The Epstein Files Didn’t Just Expose Mandelson, They Exposed What We’ve Been Calling Leadership
by Farzana Baduel 8 minutes readThere is a particular kind of vertigo that sets in when the people we were taught to trust turn out to have been unworthy of it all along. The release …
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Eighty years after Hermann Goering smuggled cyanide past his guards and cheated the hangman, Hollywood has returned to Nuremberg — not to replay the verdict, but to probe the mind …
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Opinion: The Tariffs Game is Hardly Over
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt was indeed a stunning verdict. Three conservatives in the United States Supreme Court joined three of their liberal colleagues in springing one of the biggest upsets for the Trump …
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Shaping a Human-Centric Future for AI – AI Impact Summit 2026
by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi 5 minutes readAt a defining moment in human history, the world gathered at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. For us in India, it was a moment of immense pride …
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Opinion: Getting Ready for War in the Middle East
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt is a conflict that no one really needs at this point in the international system. And some of it has to do with the question of what really it …