Donald Trump, India Gate, and the Psychology of Monumental Ego
US President Donald Trump’s praise for New Delhi’s India Gate might, at first glance, appear like a harmless nod to another nation’s architecture. But...
A Budget for Boardrooms, Not Breadlines
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman found a new ‘bakra’ to blame for the failure of economics. She blames millennials for the car sale slump, says...
Gaza, the Board of Peace, and Three New Colonial Fantasies
THE plans surrounding Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” reveal something far more sinister than a misguided attempt at conflict resolution. This is not...
From Strategic Autonomy to Submission: India, Oil, and the Politics of Obedience
INDIA’s foreign policy establishment loves grand phrases. “Strategic autonomy.” “Multipolar world.” “Independent decision-making.” These terms are repeated endlessly in speeches, summit declarations, and think-tank...
NATO and the Managed Decline of European Sovereignty
NATO was not born out of Europe’s strength but out of its exhaustion. The continent emerged from World War II physically shattered, morally traumatised,...