As Shashi Tharoor slams diaspora silence on U.S. frictions, Donald Trump’s Oval Office tilt to Pakistan raises bigger doubts. For India, every trade concession now risks being undermined by Washington’s old reflexes and new missteps.
Read MoreAs Washington threatens tariffs to curb India’s Russian oil buys, Moscow has struck back. Sergei Lavrov warned that “ancient civilisations” like India won’t bow to coercion — a sharp reminder as New Delhi juggles energy security with U.S. and EU trade talks.
Read MorePeter Navarro’s tirade against BRICS as “vampires sucking our blood dry” is more than rhetorical excess. It exposes America’s anxieties, its double standards on trade with Russia, and the deeper playbook of a U.S. establishment addicted to control.
Read MoreWhen Peter Navarro dismisses the Modi–Putin–Xi engagement at the SCO as “troublesome,” he betrays less an analysis of geopolitics and more a symptom of Washington’s unease at losing its monopoly on shaping global alignments.
Read MoreEvery decade tests India’s ability to balance between power blocs. From Nehru’s Bandung Conference to Indira’s Brezhnev axis, from Vajpayee’s Washington–Moscow manoeuvres to today’s Modi–Putin–Xi engagements, the story is one of continuity: India refusing to be dictated, preferring to script its own terms of engagement.
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