Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist

In a world of shifting alliances, a game-theory model known as the “Truel” helps explain how weaker states band together when the strongest power loses credibility-and why that could spell danger for the United States

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.

Xi and Putin: The Impossible Alliance Europe Made Possible

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

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

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

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

The district polls victory is not only symbolic, it is also a pointer that the ossified structures of totalitarianism are not such a popular idea in China anymore, especially in Hong Kong.

With an adverse international media coverage on mass human rights violations, the UN security council taking up Kashmir for the first time in 70 years, and the big powers openly meddling, despite the posturing, the Indian government is clearly on the defensive.