Geopolitics and India's place in the world: diplomacy, conflict, alliances and the global events that touch Indian lives.
200 articles
What the 2026 midterm exit polls say about age, anger and gas prices, the upsets nobody priced in, and what late-night comedy made of it. A column on the morning after.
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Democrats are projected to win the House and the Senate after a midterm that President Trump asked voters to treat as a vote on him. A summary of election night, with commentary.
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Days before the November 3 vote, President Trump called Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee a jihadist, and Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring his rival's estranged mother split Ohio Republicans. What was said, what the record shows and who objected.
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Isaac Asimov wrote a short story in 1958 in which a man who could multiply became a genius. Is it possible that soon normal human skills will be extraordinary?
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A month of lycée blockades over missing teachers and crumbling schools spilled into nationwide marches on October 17. What students want, what the government has said, what comes next, and what Indian students and travellers in France should check now.
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On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart told the AI bosses to stop selling a cheque for everyone. A century of science fiction explains why that cheque is a trap.
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Operation Epic Fury, the death of Khamenei, Mojtaba's election, and the Strait of Hormuz crisis: what the 2026 US-Israel-Iran war means for the world and
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40% of global maritime commerce and 35% of seaborne oil transit the Indian Ocean. How China, the US, and India are contesting its future.
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India went from the world's biggest arms importer to exporting over $2.5 billion a year. The rise of its defence industry — and how internal demand built it.
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Five years after Galwan killed 20 Indian soldiers, the LAC is stable but unresolved — buffer zones, not peace. Normalisation means management, not settlement.
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BRICS expanded to challenge Western financial dominance — but without shared interests it became a forum for grievances. India: architect turned balancer.
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US tariffs on Indian goods went 26% to 50% to 18% between April 2025 and February 2026. Where India's real opening lies amid the chaos.
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Brent hit $107.97 on March 8 as the Iran war choked the Strait of Hormuz. India imports 89% of its oil; every $10 rise costs roughly $17-18 billion a year.
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Criticism of Indian democracy is legitimate — and selective: Western indices, Xinjiang silence, Bangladesh. Scrutiny follows alignment, not principle.
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300 million practice yoga, turmeric lattes sell in Brooklyn, RRR won an Oscar — and nobody in Delhi planned any of it. India's unplanned soft power wave.
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India graduates 1.5 million engineers a year; America can't hire enough AI talent. Neither has a corridor strategy — and the cost runs into trillions.
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Oil at $110, China's demographic collapse, the India-US AI talent corridor, an unplanned soft power moment, and why the rupee at 87 is not the real problem.
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China's population fell for a fourth straight year in 2025, births hit a record low, youth unemployment sits near 17%, and the property sector is unwinding.
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Nurse Maria Sevilla's visa was refused because of her autistic son Tyrone's healthcare costs — and her Change.org petition gathered 123,000+ signatures.
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In January 2015, US Attorney Preet Bharara announced corruption charges against New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — one of Albany's most powerful men.
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