New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- As we approach the end of 2025, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel on India-US relations, which started on a strong note amid the promise of Trump 2.0 but gave way to strained ties over claims of US mediating between India and Pakistan, Washington's sudden fondness for India's neighbour and its newly minted Field Marshall Asim Munir, and punitive levies on India for buying discounted oil from Russia.

Trump, who has given himself the title of the 'Peace President', has been the major disruptor in 2025 - whether in geopolitics or geo-economics -- wielding tariffs against countries for allegedly short-changing the US, and as leverage to broker peace.

If he's been labelled unreliable or unpredictable...