Topic: US
What next after India & Pakistan announce surprise deal to stop fighting at LoC
In episode 691 of ThePrint's 'Cut The Clutter', Shekhar Gupta explains what led to the two sides making this move and why it is significant.
India contributed just 6.7% to global Covid research, behind US, China & Italy, study finds
The US remained the single largest contributor of scientific research amid the pandemic, with a 32.5% share in global research, says the study.
As Biden shapes a new US policy, China changes tack on ties with India
Biden sees China as more of an economic threat than a security one. The US’ stress on transatlantic alliances reflect this.
Pakistan doesn’t want Biden to renegotiate Afghan peace pact
Hard-nosed analysts say the Biden Administration must focus only on the main outcome – Taliban breaking their links with al-Qaeda.
China recognises India’s growing role in South Asia but won’t give it the ‘global power’ tag
China’s leadership and its strategic elites are wedded to entrenched views of American efforts to maintain dominance in the Indo-Pacific.
How US’ war on terror became a war in court — my 13 trips to Guantanamo Bay
Guantanamo was selected because it was under full military control, but outside the US and therefore beyond the reach of American courts – or so Bush thought.
Why the idea of a US-Pakistan ‘reset’ is good for policy papers, but not policy
Voices sympathetic to Pakistan are advocating a reset of US-Pakistan relations, setting aside the bitterness of the past. But Americans should be wary of it.
India and US must know the new Cold War is a different beast – China isn’t USSR
In the last Cold War, India had a US, USSR and China card. That has changed now – it can no longer afford to be a prized ally standing aloof.
Foreign tweets to foreign hands — India’s ‘FDI’ moment under Modi was a long time coming
Whatever Meena Harris, Rihanna or Greta Thunberg may say, they are not coming here to fight on behalf of a weak and supine opposition. Modi knows that.
How China is fast catching up with the West in the race for air-to-air missile superiority
Recent AAM advancements in China, elevating it as a near peer competitor to the Western and Russian philosophies, has unlocked a new race to own the longest reach in the skies.