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SCO’s power play: Can China rewrite the rules of global governance?

The SCO summit at Tianjin in China, followed by a spectacular military display in Beijing, signal a resolve to contest the vagaries of the Trump Administration and tweak the global and regional orders.

The Authoritarian International: The “Disruption Summit”

Xi and Putin: The Impossible Alliance Europe Made Possible

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

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

ICJ’s historic verdict: Climate change an ‘existential threat’.   

States’ obligations are legal and enforceable

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

China can live with Pakistan’s slow progress on Belt and Road Initiative

China will not spurn Pakistan despite Donald Trump’s luncheon meeting with Field Marshal Asim Munir

This war could kill millions and change the world

Israel wants to drag US in this war with Iran. If US enters the war then its impact will be felt across generations