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Tracing the Strategic Dimensions of India-Russia Relations
Jun 11, 2023

Tracing the Strategic Dimensions of India-Russia Relations

India-Russia relations have gone through a number of phases since their formal establishment in April 1947. Despite repeated projections of its decline following the end of the Cold War, India and Russia’s strategic partnership has persisted, and indeed in some areas has deepened. This brief argues that this could only mean that there is plausible geopolitical logic for both countries to persevere in strengthening their ties. It gives a histori

Trade relations over the edge as Beijing, US sharpen knives
Jun 25, 2018

Trade relations over the edge as Beijing, US sharpen knives

The biggest battle ahead for Xi Jinping is to protect the country's grand industrial strategy called 'Made in China' which Donald Trump is targeting.

Trading accusations over the Haj pilgrims' tragedy
Oct 13, 2015

Trading accusations over the Haj pilgrims' tragedy

The Saudi monarchy is facing challenges on many fronts but will brazen it out, fully confident of the unstinted support of its powerful patrons in Washington. Some changes, however, may occur in the Saudi government as a sop to the growing clamour for accountability.

Treading a Pragmatic Path: Russia in Afghanistan After August 2021
Nov 09, 2023

Treading a Pragmatic Path: Russia in Afghanistan After August 2021

After the United States and its allies left Afghanistan in 2021, analysts expected Russia to fill the vacuum caused by the withdrawal. As far as Moscow itself is concerned, it would like to establish full diplomatic ties with the Taliban regime while it urges Western countries to take accountability and fulfil their responsibilities towards the Afghan people. Indeed, Russia’s desire for security and regional hegemony compels it to selectively e

Triple talaq and marital rape: Politics and patriarchy Trump gender justice
Aug 31, 2017

Triple talaq and marital rape: Politics and patriarchy Trump gender justice

Why is the Modi government not showing the same support for criminalising marital rape as it did with outlawing triple talaq. After all, gender violence is not religion, class or caste specific.

Trouble in Lutyens’ land: Babus as political fodder
Feb 26, 2018

Trouble in Lutyens’ land: Babus as political fodder

The legislators allege that the chief secretary (CS) used intemperate language in the shouting match between them.

Trump 2.0: How the US engages the world is set to shift
Nov 06, 2024

Trump 2.0: How the US engages the world is set to shift

Trump’s election will push US policy inward and have significant implications for the world order

Trump and Beyond: The Kashmir Factor in India-US Ties
May 14, 2025

Trump and Beyond: The Kashmir Factor in India-US Ties

Despite Trump's curious attempt to take credit where none is due, New Delhi remains in the driving seat when it comes to it making choices pertaining to Pakistan and its malevolent actions.

Trump govt. puts H1B workers' spouses on thin ice; H4 work authorisation in spotlight
Mar 10, 2017

Trump govt. puts H1B workers' spouses on thin ice; H4 work authorisation in spotlight

Work authorisation for H4 covers dependent spouses of H1B non-immigrants on two conditions.

Trump just dropped the mother of all bombs – on international law
Apr 17, 2017

Trump just dropped the mother of all bombs – on international law

By creating a “hub and spoke” model to counter international terrorism, the US today has a veto on its legal regime, its proscribed actors and use of military force.

Trump's call to Sharif doesn't indicate any real change to US foreign policy with India
Dec 05, 2016

Trump's call to Sharif doesn't indicate any real change to US foreign policy with India

Phone calls are making waves with Nawaz Sharif and Tsai Ingwen - showing there is no indicator on which way US will go under new presidency

Trump's politics the new normal in US
Nov 19, 2018

Trump's politics the new normal in US

While the Republican Party is becoming more firmly entrenched in the rural, mainly white parts of the country, the suburban areas are going in the Democratic direction

Trump’s Asia Visit: Key Lessons for India in Securing a Fair Deal with the US
Nov 16, 2025

Trump’s Asia Visit: Key Lessons for India in Securing a Fair Deal with the US

Trump's Asia visit highlighted key economic and security deals with allies, offering India valuable lessons on leveraging market, money, and minerals to secure comprehensive deals and strengthen strategic ties with the US

Trump’s exemptionalist US foreign policy
Jul 17, 2018

Trump’s exemptionalist US foreign policy

Under President Trump, the United States seems to adopting an unprecedented antagonistic stance against the institutions, commitments, and unpronounced precedents alike, of the liberal world order that the US itself put in place in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Trust and democracy
Sep 22, 2020

Trust and democracy

Distrust towards the government can be the result of public experience of governmental incompetence

Trust Deficit and Currency of Hope
Jul 16, 2010

Trust Deficit and Currency of Hope

It is not clear what External Affairs Minister's visit to Pakistan in mid-July can realistically achieve in bridging the trust deficit between India and Pakistan. This distrust spans sixty three years.

Trust Deficit is The Stumbling Block in The Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
Jun 13, 2025

Trust Deficit is The Stumbling Block in The Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Both sides are aware that bringing an end to the hostilities will take place in a piecemeal fashion, with long-drawn negotiations and the prospects of further escalation

Trust, understanding core of India-Bangla relations: Hasina’s Advisor
Jul 13, 2018

Trust, understanding core of India-Bangla relations: Hasina’s Advisor

Bangladesh isn’t a less economically developed country; its per capita income has recorded significant growth. — Hossain Toufique Imam

Turkey And Syria Press The Pause Button
Dec 17, 2011

Turkey And Syria Press The Pause Button

Just as Europe is beginning to look economically desperate, Turkey next door looks like the very picture of economic, political and strategic stability. The ultimate irony, ofcourse, is that after having prepared itself on every possible count for eligibility to enter Europe.

Turkmenistan: A Central Asian State without Religious Extremism
Sep 30, 2004

Turkmenistan: A Central Asian State without Religious Extremism

Central Asia is the next favoured destination of radical Islamists and terrorist groups. Several terrorist networks are said to be already active in the region and recent suicide bombings in Uzbekistan in the cities of Tashkent and Bukhara, in March and July, 2004 suggest that al-Qaeda and its allies are looking for safer havens in the wake of the increasing pressure on their networks in the Middle-East and South East Asia from the security force

Turning point on Doklam Plateau: Why China is toying with the status quo
Jul 03, 2017

Turning point on Doklam Plateau: Why China is toying with the status quo

What is going on the Doklam Plateau — at the tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China?

Tushita Bhandari

Tushita Bhandari is a Programme Assistant at the Observer Research Foundation, India.

Her work focuses on research and program coordination in history, heritage preservation, and policy analysis. She is actively engaged in curating research-driven initiatives, managing academic content, and supporting projects that explore India's cultural and historical narratives. Her expertise spans archival research, editorial work, and interdisciplinary studies on heritage and governance.

Tushita was previously a Research Scholar and Museum Curator at the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Museum, contributing to heritage documentation and research. She has also worked with SHD Research Foundation, Indian Railways, and the World Heritage Organization in various research and editorial capacities. Additionally, she has served as a Research Journal Editor at the Asiatic Society of Social Science Research and curated the Parliamentarians’ Debate at the Dehradun Literature Festival and various International Conclaves.

She holds an MA in History from the University of Delhi, as well as a BA (Hons) in History from SPM College, University of Delhi, where she was awarded the All-Rounder Best Student of the Year award. Her various works have been published as research papers, book chapters, monographs, policy briefs, and online articles on various platforms. She has authored and edited multiple publications, including Memoirs of Maharaja Nubkissen Bahadur (edited with Sayantani, 2023). Her research has been published as book chapters, academic papers, and policy briefs, with international and national papers covering themes such as colonial history, gender in historical narratives, and cultural heritage conservation.

Twisted ideology is a dangerous game
Nov 20, 2015

Twisted ideology is a dangerous game

The world too has dealt with different forms of terror in the past from Black September to Baader Meinhof and Red Army Faction, none is more dangerous an adversary than the Islamic jihadist who goes beyond semantic aberration.

UAE Might Just Give COP28 the Breakthrough It Needs
Jan 16, 2023

UAE Might Just Give COP28 the Breakthrough It Needs

The criticism of Sultan al Jaber's appointment as COP28 president might be well-meaning but the rush to judgement reflects an incomplete understanding of both the host country and the individual.

Ukraine Conflict: Putin’s desperation and cracks within Russia are beginning to show
Oct 12, 2022

Ukraine Conflict: Putin’s desperation and cracks within Russia are beginning to show

The tide of the war has turned against Moscow. But the Russian president and his close advisers do not acknowledge that reality and have resorted to nuclear sabre rattling

Ukraine needs a West-Russia deal for stability
Mar 07, 2014

Ukraine needs a West-Russia deal for stability

What Ukraine really needs at this point is for both the West and Russia to work towards Ukraine's political and economic stability. The solution should see the territorial integrity of Ukraine being upheld and a common solution acceptable to all the sections of that country.

Ukraine-Russia war: Vladimir Putin’s big gamble
Mar 03, 2022

Ukraine-Russia war: Vladimir Putin’s big gamble

Putin’s war against Ukraine is more about his domestic political standing, but it has already laid the foundation of a new global order that is unlikely to be of his liking

UN snubs Trump's Jerusalem move. What to expect next
Dec 27, 2017

UN snubs Trump's Jerusalem move. What to expect next

The UN General Assembly resolution called Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”. The Resolution reaffirmed 10 earlier Security Council resolutions on Jerusalem, from 1967 onwards, requiring, inter alia, that the city’s final status must be decided in direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.