Geopolitics in the age of scrolling
There was a time when geopolitics moved through formal rooms. A state issued a statement. A spokesperson read from a prepared text.
There was a time when geopolitics moved through formal rooms. A state issued a statement. A spokesperson read from a prepared text.
There Are moments in history when a nation’s progress stops being incremental and becomes directional.
The announcement of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran has understandably been greeted with relief.
Modern society has an unhealthy relationship with medical progress. We crave miracles, celebrate breakthroughs and search for definitive cures.
Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.
The United States - champion of liberal democracy, cradle of individual freedom and standard-bearer of civil liberties - is marking its 250th birthday. “Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press,” reads the First Amendment - words etched into the American conscience and echoed in every town square, newspaper column, and courtroom debate.
In a timely and significant intervention, the Supreme Court has raised pointed concerns about the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
President Donald Trump’s decision to delay higher tariffs on imports till August 1 while simultaneously issuing new levy warnings to 14 countries reinforces a now-familiar pattern in his economic strategy: pressure first, deals later ~ if at all.
When Narendra Modi took office in May 2014, he brought with him a promise: Viksit Bharat ~ a developed India built on the foundation of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.
India and China, despite their long and turbulent history, appear to be inching towards a fragile thaw ~ one shaped more by necessity than mutual goodwill.
