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How China framed Donald Trump through the Thucydides Trap

New Delhi, May 16 -- US President Donald Trump's description of his China visit as "very successful" and "unforgettable" may be as self-congratulatory as his claims of victory over Iran. Trump, in hi... Read More


Shots in Washington, shock in oil: UAE exit from Opec signals a new world order

New Delhi, May 2 -- It has been a bruising week for the news cycle, starting with gunfire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner and ending with a geopolitical jolt from the United Arab Emirat... Read More


Japan sheds pacifism as global order begins to fracture

New Delhi, April 25 -- This week's headline of note comes from Asia - Japan, to be precise. In a radical break from its post-World War II past, Japan announced its biggest overhaul of defence export ... Read More


Iran talks, China's rise, and US's shrinking ally base

New Delhi, April 18 -- It has been an eventful week - once again dominated by developments around the US-Israel-Iran war. Iran said on Friday (17 April) that the Strait of Hormuz is open. The announc... Read More


From Hormuz to the Moon: A world on edge, at war, and reaching for the stars

New Delhi, April 11 -- It is the day when peace talks between the US and Iran are set to begin - in Pakistan. The outcome could determine whether hostilities continue in the Middle East - or West Asi... Read More


Pakistan steps into spotlight amid fog of US-Iran war

New Delhi, March 28 -- The US-Israel war against Iran rages on, with no sign yet of the conflict nearing an end. While the week opened on an optimistic note, with US President Donald Trump holding of... Read More


A war that's redrawing the world's fault lines

New Delhi, March 21 -- Plenty of newsworthy headlines emerged from the West Asia war this week, which has now crossed the three-week mark and is spilling into a fourth. And there is no end in sight-or... Read More


Iran war is squeezing the global economy-and exposing new ironies

New Delhi, March 14 -- The headlines this week were again dominated by the Iran war, which has now entered its second week. It is difficult to ignore, given the scale of its potential impact on the gl... Read More


Operation Epic Fury sparks a high-stakes balancing act in India

New Delhi, March 7 -- This week the focus is on the widening war in West Asia, which matters to us as there are 9-10 million Indian expatriates in the region. It's now day 7 of Operation Epic Fury, l... Read More