This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
To Chinese commentators, India has unresolved colonial-era borders, a rigid territorial outlook, pressures from smaller neighbours, and persistent security anxieties.
The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.
We can’t let adani loose . it’s doesn’t matter how much corrupt he is. What matters for india is overseas strategic interest which adani was bring. We can’t let him down due to america. We need to find a possible way for him to access capital otherwise Chinese companies are already capturing ports, airports, power plant in Africa, Latin America and global South
Market valuation is as flawed an indicator of health of a company as democracy is of a nation. Both can be manipulated by powerful individuals with deep pockets. And this becomes more worrisome when the individuals driving the market are also in charge of running the country. Adani is going to pump all the spare cash in hand the pump up it share prices back to their original prices and the market will “win” again.
We can’t let adani loose . it’s doesn’t matter how much corrupt he is. What matters for india is overseas strategic interest which adani was bring. We can’t let him down due to america. We need to find a possible way for him to access capital otherwise Chinese companies are already capturing ports, airports, power plant in Africa, Latin America and global South
The so called whistleblowers in this case are from Azure Power. No one from within the Adani group have been identified as whistleblowers.
Having lost out to Adani in the market, is this a case of loser throwing mud at Adani and extracting a sweet revenge?
Market valuation is as flawed an indicator of health of a company as democracy is of a nation. Both can be manipulated by powerful individuals with deep pockets. And this becomes more worrisome when the individuals driving the market are also in charge of running the country. Adani is going to pump all the spare cash in hand the pump up it share prices back to their original prices and the market will “win” again.