"geopolitics"

Market volatility, rising energy prices, and shifting US foreign policy priorities reflect the growing importance of geoeconomics in global affairs

Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years to meet Kim Jong Un. The talks aim to strengthen China–North Korea ties amid shifting alliances involving Russia, nuclear policy concerns, and regional geopolitical competition

The National Investigation Agency is probing potential operational and tactical links between Pakistan-backed terror outfits LeT and JeM and the militant group Hamas, following intelligence reports of coordination meetings and shared attack strategies before the Pahalgam strike

Diplomacy must match its ambitions with stronger institutions, energy resilience, and coalition-building to turn strategic autonomy into lasting global influence

The Strait of Hormuz blockade highlights Iran’s strategic leverage in global energy trade, doubling oil prices and impacting economies worldwide. Analysts using game theory argue nations must control critical resources or systems to strengthen negotiating power in an increasingly interdependent geopolitical world

Pakistan’s emergence as mediator between Iran & US-Israel reflects interplay of trust deficits, geographic realities, and economic compulsions

Diversifying beyond the services sector and boosting investment in agriculture and manufacturing, especially processing industries, can help India attract stable and long-term FDI inflows

The conflict could test military limits and force countries like India to recalibrate their strategic choices

Coercive regime change undermines global norms and risks deepening instability rather than resolving regional crises

Power is increasingly overriding law, morals, and values, exposing a ‘world without rules’ — an uncomfortable truth revealed as leaders gathered in the Swiss Alps amid rising global tensions

Washington delivers a clear message: Nations must prepare to navigate a world where power is transactional, commitments are conditional, and global leadership is no longer guaranteed

For the Pakistan Air Force, the upgrade signals US willingness to keep the F-16 central to South Asia's air balance

The Modi-Putin summit showcased India’s strategic balancing act between Washington and Moscow, focusing on energy security, trade, and diplomacy. US media highlighted India’s efforts to maintain historic ties with Russia while navigating pressure from the United States and Europe

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India-Russia ties have remained among the steadiest major relationships for decades and Putin’s visit was aimed at reimagining economic cooperation. He dismissed concerns of US displeasure, stressing strategic autonomy and national interest-driven diplomacy

Donald Trump’s ‘G2’ remark and nuclear test claim signal a shift in US-China great power realignments

Instead of overreacting, New Delhi should deepen its strategic footprint in the Middle East, leveraging its economic clout

A policy article warns that US President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on Indian imports over Russian oil purchases risk alienating India and pushing it closer to China. It urges Washington to follow the UK’s collaborative free trade agreement model instead

India clearly needs to recalibrate its policy to salvage its rapidly deteriorating relationship with Dhaka

India needs to do a tightrope walking while insulating strategic relations with the US and broadening trade relations with Europe

The real task for world leaders is de-risking Trump’s tariff tornadoes and the collateral damages of how he views European allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region