As Trump’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods come into effect, ThePrint takes a closer look at factors that have shaped Indian scepticism towards the US for the last eight decades.
Andrea Benvenuti’s ‘Nehru’s Bandung’ explores a neglected aspect of India’s Cold War diplomacy, starting with Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress’ role in organising the 1955 Bandung Conference.
The Cuban Missile Crisis reshaped international law on missiles, showcasing diplomacy’s power in averting nuclear war and emphasising deterrence over warfare.
The Great Depression was not simply the stock market crash of 1929. It brought profound cultural, social, and political changes to the world, from Minneapolis to Mumbai.
In ‘Crosswinds’, Vijay Gokhale looks at India’s attempt to carve out a place for itself in the Indo-Pacific in the midst of the Cold War and the role China played in it.
Putin and Biden will be in Delhi for G20 in September. Perhaps they can do Modi and the rest of the leaders the courtesy of not letting their egos hijack world agenda?
US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said the Chinese had been ‘reluctant to engage in discussions around confidence-building or crisis communications, or hotlines.’
Documents released by National Security Archive add weight to long-held theory that US and Soviet Union struck a ‘quid pro quo' to avoid nuclear Armageddon at height of Cold War.
Even in China, where the instrument cluster screen has become smaller than the infotainment screen, manufacturers haven’t completely removed the traditional instrument cluster.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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