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It has transformed frustrations into a nihilistic anger. But it is not the real America.
France will continue to work closely with the new US administration irrespective of uncertainty in President-elect Donald Trump's policies.
After President Donald Trump’s 2017 visit to Asia, the Indo-Pacific region assumed greater significance in the United States’ foreign policy calculus, as articulated in the ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy Report’ released by the US Department of Defence. On 31 December 2018, Trump passed the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA), which authorises US$1.5 billion in spending for a range of US programmes in East Asia and Southeast Asia to “develop
Donald Trump’s engagement with the Kashmir issue has a lot to do with his need to secure Pakistan’s backing for his Afghanistan policy.
A hostile relationship with China, coming out of a consistent aggressive trade policy, is arguably going to be the most enduring legacy of the Trump P
Technology has been a fulcrum point for Trump’s disruption of the status-quos with China, with 5G leading the way
Continued efforts at looking beyond immediate horizons is required.
The Indian engagement with the US, whether in the form of America’s Indo-Pacific strategy or the four-nation Quad also implies that the regional nat
Those who wish to blindly ape the Donald Trump-era United States' trade policy clearly have never bothered to think hard about the economic consequences of their actions in India
This year made it clear that the US-China strategic competition is not merely the figment of Donald Trump's imagination
While the rust belt voted Trump, it wasn’t because of its economic plight. The reasons were born of political tribalism.
Not only are the important regional players getting into a huddle to discuss the implications of President Trump’s actions, but are also re-calibrat
From the American side, who briefed President Trump before he met Modi?
Japan is now being pushed to a leadership role in Asia following the election of Donald Trump as US President
More than the inaction of the Iranian government, questions have been raised regarding the role of US sanctions in crippling Iran’s economy, infrast
Human rights issues have been a cornerstone of US foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. This paper examines Washington’s human rights focus on India and China under former President Donald Trump, and identifies trends under the current Joe Biden administration. The paper notes an emergent US bipartisan approach to refocus on Beijing’s human rights record following a period of policy dissonance owing to concerns to protect its economic
As Biden tries to consolidate his governance agenda, he will find that the challenges within his own party might be far more difficult to tackle
In exploring a limited deal to dampen trade tensions, India must refrain from handing Trump a political endorsement ahead of the 2020 presidential ele
What President Trump means for India has already been dissected to the point where adding anything new becomes impossible.
With Trump elected as President of the US, the waning economic order — WTO — is even more under threat and now resembles like the League of Nations of pre-war era.
This brief explores the factors informing the Donald Trump administration’s continuity on the US’s defence trade with India. The administration’s impetus to maintain US-India defence trade stems from factors like the ‘reverse revolving door’ policy that has increased the influence of US defence contractors, its ‘Buy American’ policy to boost US arms exports, and defence trade being construed as an incremental means to correct the bi
Bilateral ties between India and the United States have strengthened remarkably in recent years and nowhere has cooperation been greater than in the area of security. Despite certain divergences, both countries realise that there is a need for cooperation in combating terrorism to keep their homelands safe from extremist threats. Ever since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2014, India has invested political capital in improving
A new desire to cut down the “noise” about disputes was clearly visible on both the sides.
How will the US establishment come to terms with the fact that for the better part of the 21st century, India will be the larger economic partner? Has Delhi realised the potential and consequences of this shift?
India’s decision to revoke Article 370 giving special status to Jammu & Kashmir has put Pakistan on the back foot, dealt New Delhi back into the Sou
It is yet another unnerving week in the Middle East. What happens if Trump does not give a nod to the deal?
The loss of output is the single, worst and most sudden of disruptions to oil market so far.
Donald Trump's victory has shown that it would be foolish to ignore voter’s messages during elections.
History is replete with examples of rich people with grand ideas.
Though the Democrats seem to have avoided a Republican ‘Red Wave’ during the mid-term elections, the Congress remains divided
The global economic crisis of 2008, triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, gave Asia a chance to rise, and let nationalist leaders, including Donald Trump, emerge
Macron has raised doubts about how serious France is when it comes to managing the negative externalities of China’s rise.
There will definitely be a push towards multilateralism and more global engagements that was derelict these past four years.
The US has provided financial and military support to Ukraine since 2014, when Russia took control of Crimea, and more firmly since February 2022, when the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war began. Indeed, US military, political, and strategic support to Ukraine is crucial to Kyiv as the conflict continues. For the Biden administration, aid to Ukraine is a vital principle on which his party politics hinges; it is a critical pathway to rebuild transatlant
As the US doubles down on its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, India and Europe can cooperate to stem the tide against the surge of Irani
Trump has his obsessions, but so has Modi.
Prime Minister Modi and the Indian foreign policy establishment can feel upbeat with the results of the visit.
It appears that the phone call was planned well in advance and was facilitated by Bob Dole, a former Republican Senator whose law firm has professiona
US President Donald Trump is desperate to pull American troops out of the war-torn country, even if it means clearing the way for the Taliban's ascent to power in Kabul
The door is left ajar for further inquiry.
Trump paved the way for a bold, unapologetic approach to US foreign policy and trade—termed as ‘America First’. This launched a US retreat from
You would say that Trudeau was ‘playing politics’ and that his remarks are really addressed to the Sikh community of Canada. So what’s the problem? After all, did not our Prime Minister undertake major political rallies in the US? In the Houston ‘Howdy Modi’ rally last year, US President Donald Trump himself participated, uncharacteristically playing second fiddle, all because he, like all democratic politicians, likes votes.
