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

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

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 Middle East continues to be a center of turmoil, with stalled peace efforts, escalating tensions, and the persistent use of terrorism for political ends

The US must treat Iran’s nuclear programme separately from its regional activities and Iran must pair its calls for sovereignty with genuine transparency and restraint

India has to be wary of US interests drowning its own. The US has always been a predatory power which embeds itself in regional conflicts to gain from them

If the US pressures China to free-float the yuan, increase market access for its companies and go for full capital account convertibility, a trade deal is unlikely

The US president’s disruptive policies reveal a superpower unsettled by its waning dominance

A multidimensional geopolitical struggle. The US-China clash is the 21st century’s geopolitical fulcrum, a systemic rivalry across economies, militaries, technologies, and ideologies, with global supremacy at stake

China is sending critical geoeconomic signals that it will resist US bullying and economic hegemonism