Pahalgam Attack Raises Alarms: Is the China–Pakistan Nexus Cornering India?

Pakistan based terror groups have been executing the cross-border terrorism against India for nearly four decades as an instrument of Rawalpindi’s designs in particular and their foreign policy in general. World knows and fully understands the source and sustenance of the rabid terrorist groups that have proliferated in our western neighbourhood for decades with the alacrity of misplaced Jihad and the impunity extracted from global majors including its iron clad friends.

by Anil Trigunayat

Terror in Kashmir, Global turmoil: A week of instability

Death and perfidy cast their dark shadow over the week in review. Terrorists gunned down 26 tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s idyllic Pahalgam, and injured several more. In a move designed to inflame communal passions in India’s already febrile polity, the terrorists first checked if their victims were Muslims or not, before shooting them dead.

by TK Arun

Resetting the Terms: JD Vance’s Trip Ushers in a New Phase of India-US Engagement

The four-day visit of US Vice President JD Vance from April 22 to 25 carried a mix of substance, symbolism and urgency that bilateral relations between India and the US needed under a new administration in the US.

by Harsh Pant

Indo-Pak Briefing

Operation Sindoor: Marking a Strategic Turn and a Doctrinal Breakthrough by Harsh V Pant
When National Unity Trumps Hindutva: Lessons from Operation Sindoor by TK Arun
India’s calculated calm: Resisting provocation from across the border by Harsh V Pant
China’s dual stance: Response to Operation Sindoor and its long-standing alliance with Pakistan by Srikanth Kondapalli

Tariffs & Trade Imbroglio

Trump’s Tariff U-Turns Reveal a Goal Without a Coherent Strategy by Arun Kumar
Geopolitics & Trade: Analyzing effects of Geopolitical tensions on Chinese Imports to India by Shambhavi Shamra
Exaggerated alarm over India’s trade imbalance with China by TK Arun
Interesting times under Trump: Trade, tariff and a global fracture by Sandeep Chachra, Harshul Arora and Joseph Mathai

Featured insights

Decoding the Russia-China-North Korea Triangle: Tracing the Roots of my Research Journey by Shree Gupta
Bay of Opportunity: Uniting India and BIMSTEC for Regional Prosperity by Harsh V Pant
Why Syria Needs to Break Free from Its Struggles — and Fast by Anil Trigunayat
Has Himachal Pradesh’s sanitation drive forgotten about waste treatment? by Tikender Singh Panwar
Caste Census: The End of Identity Politics or Just the Beginning? by TK Arun

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