India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.
India keeps falling into ‘great power’ fantasy trap. Think of the 1950s, when New Delhi mistook its all-too-real potential for actual power, and China brought it down to earth in 1962.
The President said US is working on a deal that will give it access to Indian markets. He announced a new trade deal with Indonesia, after which the latter will face a reduced tariff of 19%.
Global media also reports on the Air India crash probe, backlash over mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s remarks on PM Modi & astronomical private school fees.
Lutnick believes a US-India trade deal will be signed in the 'not-too-distant' future, defends President Donald Trump's call for bringing 'advanced manufacturing' factories to the US.
With US officials visiting India for the trade deal, New Delhi will push for full exemption from the 26% tariff on domestic goods announced by Trump earlier this year.
India’s pharma industry relies heavily on US market, with $8.07 bn worth of exports in FY 2023-2024. Pharmaceuticals are India’s third largest goods exported to US in dollar terms.
Biden administration’s focus on China and sticky issues relating to India’s reluctance to provide greater market access has meant the trade deal is off the table for now.
Operation Sindhoor came as a blessing for Asim Munir. He could claim to have “won a war” and get promoted to a field marshal’s post. But the narrative hasn’t held.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
As if crude oil was cheap before Ukraine war. Russia is giving cheap oil because of sanction imposed by the USA. If India wants cheap oil then there’s nobody except Mr Donald Trump who can deliver by his promise to his voters and policy of ‘drill-baby-drill. Russia will not sell it’s oil one dollar cheaper if there are no sanction. As for Indian strength, we see every day from the news from Bangladesh. Late Mrs Indiraji freed Bangladesh from Pakistan, TODAY we lost it to Pakistan again.
If Russia ( earlier the Soviet Union ) was the glue that bound Europe and USA together for eighty years, now renewed as President Trump feels disappointed by President Putin’s intransigence, China is what made India and USA “ natural allies “. Indo – Pacific. Quad. Both sides are revising their assessments of what the other brings to the table. AUKUS was a concrete undermining of Quad. Now Philippines. India has seen its always difficult relationship with China veering into conflict over the last five years. Pakistan is not in the same league as China, but America’s outreach to it against the backdrop of Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor hurts. 2. This is an extraordinary moment in a relationship both countries had nurtured for three decades.
India keeps repeating the same mistakes that keeps it poor. We are addicted to socialism, poverty, and backwardness while the free-market countries thrive and prosper.
As if crude oil was cheap before Ukraine war. Russia is giving cheap oil because of sanction imposed by the USA. If India wants cheap oil then there’s nobody except Mr Donald Trump who can deliver by his promise to his voters and policy of ‘drill-baby-drill. Russia will not sell it’s oil one dollar cheaper if there are no sanction. As for Indian strength, we see every day from the news from Bangladesh. Late Mrs Indiraji freed Bangladesh from Pakistan, TODAY we lost it to Pakistan again.
If Russia ( earlier the Soviet Union ) was the glue that bound Europe and USA together for eighty years, now renewed as President Trump feels disappointed by President Putin’s intransigence, China is what made India and USA “ natural allies “. Indo – Pacific. Quad. Both sides are revising their assessments of what the other brings to the table. AUKUS was a concrete undermining of Quad. Now Philippines. India has seen its always difficult relationship with China veering into conflict over the last five years. Pakistan is not in the same league as China, but America’s outreach to it against the backdrop of Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor hurts. 2. This is an extraordinary moment in a relationship both countries had nurtured for three decades.
India keeps repeating the same mistakes that keeps it poor. We are addicted to socialism, poverty, and backwardness while the free-market countries thrive and prosper.