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US, China fighting for influence in the ‘Global South’. Divide-and-rule is the strategy

Akhil Ramesh -
Even nations that are positioned as supply chain alternatives to China do not hold back from challenging the West’s interventionist policies.

Will Jake Sullivan’s Beijing trip fix China-US ties? It’s a substitute for Biden’s absence

Sana Hashmi -
Many on Weibo are speculating that Sullivan’s trip may be more about pursuing US interests than improving US-China relations.

No one should force India into joining a battle that isn’t ours. Strategic autonomy is crucial

Gen MM Naravane (Retd) -
Perhaps it is time for the US to address India’s concerns. Rather than pointing fingers at India, it should practise what it preaches.

‘Iran will not respond to US pressure,’ says Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian

Reuters -
Pezeshkian also highlighted his country’s friendship with China, Russia and reiterated that Iran would expand ties with neighbours and engage with Europe.

US picking a fight with ICC over Israel isn’t superpower behaviour. It’s embarrassing

Seshadri Chari -
The US' objection to ICC pronouncements against Israel is understandable. But its threat to sanction the Hague-based court isn't.

Russia has a window to exploit & defeat Ukraine. Otherwise, it will get sucked into endless war

Swasti Rao -
While it has now become a battle of industrial capacities, at a fundamental level, it remains a battle of nerves.

Eric Garcetti’s red-line remark is unreasonable. Exposes US double standards on security

Seshadri Chari -
The US should stop marking red lines and draw a longer line of cooperative framework.

How US charmed Bombay with jazz—and left Indians feeling Americans were their blood brothers

Vandana Menon -
Did the agenda work in India? Fifty years later, fans still remember the warmth and excitement of jazz, as the audience at an IIC talk proved.

Would Amarnath Ghosh get sympathy if he was a CEO, not dancer? Just shows Indians’ apathy

Vamsee Juluri -
It was the Ravi Shankars and Zakir Hussains, who pioneered Indian 'soft power' on the world stage long before our managerial class took up top jobs in Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

Why Trump’s threat to NATO can force Europe to rethink its nuclear defence

+TFP Praveen Swami -
The world that emerges from the Second Cold War will have little resemblance to the one we inherited from its first iteration.
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Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

Magdalena Del Valle -
The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

Defence

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Sushovan Chakraborty -
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

National Interest

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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