China

Trump’s tariff playbook: McKinley’s ghost in a globalised world

The US president’s tariff strategy is inspired by 19th-century isolationism. But in an interconnected economy, affected countries can adapt by shifting supply chains and depreciating currencies, leaving US consumers to foot the bill

Trump and his Tariff- How will Modi and India Survive this Challenge

Why is Trump angry with India? What’s more to come?

The Irrelevance of Europe: Tragedy of an Avoidable Decline

Europe’s global influence has waned, its founding vision fading amid crisis, as it risks becoming a spectator between the United States, China, and rising India

Navigating trade headwinds: India’s strategic imperative

As the US turns tariffs into a blunt instrument of foreign policy, India needs to chart its own path through diversification, diplomacy and domestic reform

The dam at the roof of the world

China’s Yarlung Tsangpo project will be the largest hydroelectric project on Earth. What does that mean for India, and the Brahmaputra?

BNP’s indecisive politics could hurt democracy revival in Bangladesh

The country’s geopolitical vulnerabilities could deepen as political fissures widen.

The Challenges and Future of Europe: A Strategic Vision

Europe is dealing with economic troubles, security risks, border issues and needs to work together to stay strong, independent and united in changing times

Uncertain years ahead for Tibet

The Dalai Lama has reaffirmed the continuity of his institution, but the geopolitical contest between Beijing and Delhi to shape his succession may drag on for decades

Why is China so desperate to control the choice of successor of Dalai Lama? Will it succeed?

Chinese government in an attempt to de-legitimise the Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, has even gone to the extent of changing the region’s name to Xizang

BRICS+ meets in Rio amid global shifts and internal fractures

As leaders of the group gather for a summit, the absence of China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin shifts the spotlight to India’s Modi and Brazil’s Lula