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Iran has offered a lesson to the Global South — standing up to Donald Trump can safeguard a nation’s interests, while capitulation risks losing far more. (more…)
The geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have added a new dimension to India’s energy transition. (more…)
Iranian strikes on US military bases in the Gulf states exposes alliance limits, legal dilemmas and heightened risks for host nations. (more…)
India must redesign its structures of dependence on external sources of fertiliser, in the face of the ongoing Gulf war. (more…)
In the era of energy transition, oil will continue to retain its strategic importance because of geopolitical realities. (more…)
Viewed economically, the conflict activates two powerful engines of capital accumulation for the US: defence-industrial expansion and post-conflict reconstruction markets. (more…)
US action against Venezuela and threats to Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Canada mark a new low in American foreign policy. (more…)
India’s multi-alignment strategy has been severely tested as it finds little support from the West. (more…)
India must be worried that the securitisation of South Asia has helped China, Turkiye, and other powers find new defence partnerships in its neighbourhood. (more…)
