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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicIndia-US

Topic: India-US

India’s problem isn’t Trump—underperforming economy made us easy to bully

Fighting Trump can't be India's goal; it is to win the economic war.

Trump is treating diplomacy like a failed casino deal

Allies do not forget when they are publicly insulted. Future US administrations will find themselves spending enormous diplomatic capital just to bring things back to baseline.

Trump raises India tariffs to 50% over Russian oil purchases, MEA labels action ‘unreasonable’

India had called out America’s double standards this week in a stinging rebuke, pointing out the continued trade between Washington DC and Moscow which touched $17.5 billion.

Trump amplifies tariff threat on India over Russian oil & things are ‘looking up’ for Asim Munir

Washington Post underlines West’s ‘frustrations’ over failure to ‘cripple’ Russia’s economy & The Economist notes ‘shift’ in American foreign policy vis-à-vis India & Pakistan. 

US-Pakistan romance is not new. Why does India feel betrayed?

I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.

How India lost its geopolitical sweet spot in the world

India appears to have gone from occupying a near-perfect geopolitical sweet spot to now inhabiting a geopolitical no-good-option deadlock.

‘Unjustified & unreasonable’: India calls out US, EU over double standards on Russia trade

MEA highlights double standards imposed over trade with Russia and maintains that India will take all necessary measures to protect its economic interests.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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.

In 1st meet after Op Sindoor, Rubio & Dar discuss US-Pakistan trade, critical minerals & crypto

Pakistani FM credits President Trump & Secretary Rubio for playing ‘pivotal role’ in defusing tensions between India & Pakistan. New Delhi has rejected such narratives.

On Camera

Muslim objections to Vande Mataram are about faith, not rejection of India

Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

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.