India-US Trade Deal: A Strategic Surrender
byThe India-US interim trade deal raises questions on New Delhi’s willingness and ability to stand up to a global hegemon.
Opinion
The Price Of Dissent: Detentions, Censorship, And The Decline Of Free Speech In India
byRecent incidents highlight growing state repression that curb dissent and threaten India’s fundamental freedoms of expression.
Do As We Say: Nuclear Power And The U.S.–Iran Standoff
byAs tensions rise, America’s nuclear dominance collides with Iran’s defiance, exposing contradictions at the heart of global nonproliferation.
Moltbook And The Rise Of Machine Societies
byAs AI agents evolve unchecked, they pose new unconventional challenges for human society.
Is Life Inherently Meaningless?
byAre we haunted by an absence we can never name, and thus can never fill?
The Epstein Emails And The Architecture of Invisible Influence
byEpstein’s emails pull back the curtain on the mechanics of power. They show how fixers and fraudsters influence global politics.
Should India Privatise Public Sector Banks?
byIndia’s Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant role in driving financial inclusion. It will be unwise to privatise them.
What Trump’s Autocracy Means For America
byMinneapolis should not be remembered solely as a site of tragedy but as a warning—one that asks Americans to confront what they have chosen.
Who Is India’s Economic Boom Really For?
byBehind India’s official growth numbers lies an economy skewed toward oligarchs, sidelining workers, women, and the informal sector.
Why The World Must Be Grateful To Donald Trump
byTrump, with his characteristic pertness, shows that the world is not governed by shared rules so much as by tolerated asymmetries.
Is Globalisation Dying?
byThe lesson of history is not that globalisation must continually advance, but that it requires stewardship.
Iran’s War on Its Own People
byIn Iran, mass detentions and reports of torture are not aberrations but systematic features of a broader system of repression.
Uganda, Museveni, And The Chinese Loans That Made Power Stick
byMuseveni, once a revolutionary who spoke of fundamental change, now presides over a state where change is carefully deferred or suppressed.
Motorcycling & Marriage: What A Long Ride Taught Me
byA middle-aged marriage, stalled by grief and distance, finds its way forward on a motorcycle.
How The United States Of America Destabilises The World
byHistorically, the imperial actions of US foreign policy were concealed in euphemisms of democracy and human rights. Now, they follow boasts of its invincibility.