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Will Jake Sullivan’s Beijing trip fix China-US ties? It’s a substitute for Biden’s absence

Many on Weibo are speculating that Sullivan’s trip may be more about pursuing US interests than improving US-China relations.

No one should force India into joining a battle that isn’t ours. Strategic autonomy is crucial

Perhaps it is time for the US to address India’s concerns. Rather than pointing fingers at India, it should practise what it preaches.

‘Iran will not respond to US pressure,’ says Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian

Pezeshkian also highlighted his country’s friendship with China, Russia and reiterated that Iran would expand ties with neighbours and engage with Europe.

US picking a fight with ICC over Israel isn’t superpower behaviour. It’s embarrassing

The US' objection to ICC pronouncements against Israel is understandable. But its threat to sanction the Hague-based court isn't.

Russia has a window to exploit & defeat Ukraine. Otherwise, it will get sucked into endless war

While it has now become a battle of industrial capacities, at a fundamental level, it remains a battle of nerves.

Eric Garcetti’s red-line remark is unreasonable. Exposes US double standards on security

The US should stop marking red lines and draw a longer line of cooperative framework.

How US charmed Bombay with jazz—and left Indians feeling Americans were their blood brothers

Did the agenda work in India? Fifty years later, fans still remember the warmth and excitement of jazz, as the audience at an IIC talk proved.

Would Amarnath Ghosh get sympathy if he was a CEO, not dancer? Just shows Indians’ apathy

It was the Ravi Shankars and Zakir Hussains, who pioneered Indian 'soft power' on the world stage long before our managerial class took up top jobs in Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

Why Trump’s threat to NATO can force Europe to rethink its nuclear defence

The world that emerges from the Second Cold War will have little resemblance to the one we inherited from its first iteration.

US military claims to strike two Houthi anti-ship missiles aimed at Red Sea

Since US started striking Houthi military sites in Yemen on 11 January, Pentagon says it has destroyed or degraded over 25 missile launch and deployment facilities and more than 20 missiles.

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.