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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicTibetan politics

Topic: Tibetan politics

Tibet can’t be used as leverage by India with China, needs resolution: President-elect Tsering

In an interview with ThePrint, Penpa Tsering, new ‘Sikyong’ of Tibetan govt-in-exile, says India’s policy towards Tibet or China has ‘not been adequate’.

Tibet back as fulcrum of new Cold War as US-China tension grows

India has tried to play the Tibet card, but New Delhi lacks the heft to make effective use of it. The US is a different ball game, and both Chinese and Tibetans know this.

China’s military adventurism is meant to distract from origins of Covid: Tibetan President

Lobsang Sangay, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile, says China is doing to India and its other neighbours what it did to his country in the 1950s.

2 Karmapas are uniting and it’s time for India to deal with it in a mature way

Meeting of the two Karmapas in France can have far-reaching consequences for Tibetan politics and India-China relations.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.