Asim Munir’s strategic gamble with TrumpPresident Trump's meeting with Pakistan's Army Chief Munir signals a dramatic US policy U-turn, re-engaging Islamabad despite its unreliabi...
Food fights & battle reels: The patriotism surge post Pahalgam terror attackFollowing the Pahalgam terrorist attack, social media platforms have been flooded with displays of armchair patriotism. Professionals on Li...
Why developing countries like India alone have a stake in ending Ukraine war swiftlyThe developing world has a big stake in an early end to the war. Global uncertainty and higher prices weaken growth and export momentum. Su...
Chinese balloon saga is part of a long history of US-China tensionsThe Chinese origin of the first flying object - defended as a meteorological balloon by China, an explanation that was met with scepticism ...
Russia Ukraine invasion: Questions investors now need to considerIt seems investors remembered that the best defense is a good offense, with the market’s version of that adage being buy the rumor, sell th...
Delhi, Berlin need Russia against China, says German Navy ChiefIndia has been of the opinion that the West should reduce tensions with Russia instead of pushing it closer to China.
Here’s tailor-made politics that will suit-boot everyoneThe Hispanic equivalent of the French sans-culottes were the descamisados (the shirtless) of Argentina, a pejorative employed by the landow...
Don't be angry with Pakistan, feel sorry for itThe 1960s was Pakistan’s ‘decade of development’ and Huntington of Clash of Civilisations fame likened Pakistan’s leader of the time to anc...
A 3-star general explains why America lost the global war on terrorTime after time, despite the fact that I and my fellow generals saw it wasn't working, we failed to reconsider our basic assumptions.
The world according to Gita: Gita and Arthashastra embodied Indian tradition of realpolitikThe Arthashastra encompasses a world of practical statecraft, not philosophical disputation. For Kautilya, power was the dominant reality.
Narendra Modi's invitation to South Asian countries indicates constructive politicsModi’s invitation to South Asian countries to send their heads of govt or their representatives to be present at his swearing-in is much mo...
- Improvement agenda for CBI: Investigation and prosecution must be done independently, as in the US and UK
With enormous expectation from them, institutions like the CBI must be strengthened, made independent of politics, but systemic flaws ingra...
- The Big Game
The World Cup just got more exciting with India playing Pakistan.
We need to increase our exposure in India: CEO, BarclaysBarclays' Varley feels India will grow so strongly that its position in the globe will be transformed. He wants his bank to be a part of th...
Asian century is not entitlementMaking it happen will take cross-border intellectual engagement to complement the advancement of trade, investment, financial and physical ...
- Thinking of the future & its challenges
Building our intellectual capital is vital for economic growth.