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The COVID-19 pandemic demands that all nations cooperate to vaccinate the entire global population—a goal that can’t be achieved using the usual rules of which countries win and which ones lose.
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Sri Lanka hands India major port development deal that will tie the two neighbors together for decades to come.
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Greed and ideology set the table for a catastrophe.
Continue readingIndia and Pakistan on the Road to Peace
The prospects are brighter than ever that an orderly Afghan transition in the coming weeks or months is entirely conceivable.
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Continue readingHow India’s Farmers’ Protests Could Upend the Political Landscape
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Continue readingGuns Fall Silent on India-Pakistan Border
The sky is the limit to build on the two sides’ ceasefire and cooperation statement provided there is political will.
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The Indian government should pay greater attention to geo-economics as the locomotive of its diplomacy and foreign policy.
Continue readingIndia’s Forever Wars and Forever Warriors
Vested interests and entrenched official mindsets drive military conflicts in Afghanistan and on India-China border.
Continue readingU.S.-Indian Strategic Construct of Western Indian Ocean Runs Into Headwinds
Audacious Indian trajectory on the pretext of ‘maritime security’ will isolate it in the region.
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