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Beyond Signatures

India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.

Beyond Hormuz

The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.

Years of Grace

It was in 1982 that Dr Grace McCann Morley was bestowed the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for her stellar contributions to the establishment of the National Museum in New Delhi.

Rollback Politics

When the United States first declared in 2009 that greenhouse gases endanger public health, it quietly redrew the map of environmental governance.

Talks or conflict?

The indirect talks between the United States and Iran, held in Muscat, Oman on 6 February had been described by both sides as “positive” and “constructive”.

Delhi-Dhaka Reset

In exchange for close security cooperation, improved connectivity and a broadly India-friendly strategic posture, Delhi offered political backing that often looked like indulgence.

Poisoned Silence

The death of Alexei Navalny in Russian custody was not just the silencing of a political opponent; it was a declaration about how power now understands itself.