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Friday, May 15, 2026
TopicWorld politics

Topic: world politics

Why Xi Jinping’s ‘trap’ theory is a strategic prank

The joke, assuming Xi can take one, is on him. It is not just the USA, but China as well, that is likely to fall into the Thucydides trap when it sees India’s rise.

EU is evolving into a security actor. It opens new doors for India

Mindset shift in Brussels is a recognition that Europe must move beyond its economic comfort zone if it is to remain relevant in a harsher world.

Populism isn’t the end of liberalism. It’s now push-backism & Rahul Gandhi just faced it

Russian president Putin is wrong to say that populism signals the end of liberalism. Instead, it confirms all that is best in liberalism.

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Why Xi Jinping’s ‘trap’ theory is a strategic prank

The joke, assuming Xi can take one, is on him. It is not just the USA, but China as well, that is likely to fall into the Thucydides trap when it sees India’s rise.

Petrol, diesel prices hiked by Rs 3 per litre as Centre moves to ease OMC losses

The hike comes amid soaring global energy costs, with government citing mounting under-recoveries and fiscal pressure on state-run oil firms

Transhipment terminal in Nicobar could be geopolitical lever, says Navy officer amid ecological debate

Amid West Asia disruptions, Galathea Bay gives India vantage point astride Indian Ocean & Pacific, but ecologists say it will mean clearing rainforest. Rahul Gandhi called it 'gravest crime'.

Muslim voters no longer matter to BJP. Only a new Hindu-led coalition can challenge Modi-Shah

These elections mark completion of BJP-secular party divide purely on Hindu-Muslim basis. BJP’s rivals are increasingly looking like Muslim parties though their leaders are all Hindus.