Political Development

The Alaska Summit: An Analysis of Realpolitik, Symbols, and a Crisis of Legitimacy

The summit marks an inflection point in U.S.-Russia relations, highlighting the limits of bilateral talks amid Russia’s ongoing aggression and violations of international law

Trump signals a trans-Atlantic shift

The Oval Office meltdown indicates a hardening of stance by the Trump team, which has outed Zelenskyy and given short shrift to the Europeans

Winners and losers of the end game in Ukraine

With the end of war, the US will concentrate on colonisation of new Arctic regions, build deterrence against China, re-organise its military industrial complex

Trump’s new American imperialism may lead to global chaos

Under Trump 2.0 the already fragile global order may become increasingly anarchic

Bihar’s thwack in the face of the BJP

The state is not as communally polarised as neighbouring UP and Bihari sub-nationalism had a stronger pull than religious issues in the polls

The Unbearable Opportunism of being Nitish

Nitish looked sideways when the coffin-gate scam was raised, even while the ‘saffronisation of education’ was in full swing