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Don't mistake the noise around BRICS for impact

India, Sept. 14 -- The 2026 Delhi summit of BRICS has been under a spotlight this weekend, and things under a spotlight tend to look bigger and brighter than they actually are. Eleven members, a dozen... Read More


Ground not covered in talks with China

India, Aug. 31 -- The eight-point outcomes that India and China released on Wednesday last week, after the Special Representatives (SRs) of the two countries met in Beijing, signal much-needed diploma... Read More


Ground not covered in talks with China

India, Aug. 31 -- The eight-point outcomes that India and China released on Wednesday last week, after the Special Representatives (SRs) of the two countries met in Beijing, signal much-needed diploma... Read More


Mecca pact: Interests primary, not alliances

India, Aug. 17 -- Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary, told the House of Commons in 1848 that Britain had no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies, and that only its interests were eterna... Read More


Mecca pact: Interests primary, not alliances

India, Aug. 17 -- Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary, told the House of Commons in 1848 that Britain had no eternal allies and no perpetual enemies, and that only its interests were eterna... Read More


Grand Strategy: The bigness trap of India's strategic community

India, Aug. 12 -- On Friday August 8, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca. An attack on one is to be treated as an attack on all three, it said. As is to be exp... Read More


Simultaneous balancing and engagement with China

India, Aug. 3 -- China-India relations appear to be on the mend. Take a look at the last ten days of July. On July 22, external affairs minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Man... Read More


Simultaneous balancing & engagement with China

India, Aug. 3 -- China-India relations appear to be on the mend. Take a look at the last ten days of July. On July 22, external affairs minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Man... Read More


India isn't the freeloader the US makes it out to be

India, July 20 -- US President Donald Trump never tires of calling India the "tariff king", a country that taxes US goods heavily, sells far more to the US than it buys, and gives little back in retur... Read More


Don't read too much into Bangladesh PM's China visit

India, July 6 -- Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman made his maiden foreign tour two weeks ago, four months after taking office, to Malaysia followed by China. But he has not visited India ... Read More