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Friday, August 1, 2025
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Topic: Geopolitics

Xi Jinping lauds China-Russia ties as Putin lands in Beijing

By picking China for his first foreign trip since being sworn in for a six-year term, Putin sends a message to the world about his priorities.

Xi Jinping is courting France. India must make sure its European partner isn’t seduced

Xi won’t be walking away from Europe with a win in hand, but his visit will almost certainly ignite arguments about the continent’s geopolitical future.

SubscriberWrites: Why India’s Palestine policy is misplaced

The contemporary dynamics between India, Palestine, and Israel are shaped by a delicate balance of political, economic, and strategic interests.

Iran and Israel don’t have free will to start a war. It’s contingent on geopolitics

The reasons for both sides preventing any escalation lie in the political and military context of the strategic situation in West Asia within the larger global geopolitical framework.

Ukraine foreign minister’s visit to India opens door for Delhi to shape post-war Europe

Ukraine’s outreach to India is about constructive engagement of a rising power that has bridged the broken links between East and West and North and South on many occasions.

Bangladesh thanks India for ‘standing by it’, backs country’s decision to fence border with Myanmar

In his first visit to India as Bangladesh foreign minister, Hasan Mahmud stressed that the Sheikh Hasina government had undertaken a zero-tolerance policy on terrorism.

Deepfakes can cause geopolitical rifts. State should fund detection of manipulated videos

Deepfakes have the ability to swing elections, erode public trust. Two ways to combat them are detection & provenance. Its looming threat necessitates proactive State intervention.

India hopes G20 will evolve amicable solutions to geopolitical issues, says Amitabh Kant

Speaking at a B20 summit in Delhi, Kant said the group stood for growth, but war created a 'huge implication' by bringing challenges regarding food, fuel, and fertilizer.

India can compete with China on semiconductors. But it needs to build investor trust first

India must pursue technology partnerships, discuss trade in the Indo-Pacific, formulate stronger IP. This will help operationalise the notion of ‘trust’ in critical supply chains

World’s youngest workforce to rich resources–Africa is next big player in geopolitics

Africa will add 796 million people to the global workforce and be home to the largest and youngest population by 2050.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.