By failing to mention climate change in its 196-page on China, the Pentagon has made a major omission. The Middle Kingdom makes an outsized contribution to the greenhouse effect and will suffer greatly from global warming, threatening the lives of hundreds of millions.
Better US military technology, a Russian-China nexus, tensions over Taiwan and US manufacturing outsourcing, all make the US India’s preferred partner.
The outcome of protests is still uncertain in China. They may trigger anti-Chinese protests in Indonesia because of the largely negative public opinion against China.
Tibetans prefer democracy to autocracy, Buddhism to communism and the Dalai Lama to Emperor Xi. That is why China seeks to take over Tawang, home to Asia’s oldest monastery and a place where, as per the Tibetan tradition, the next Dalai Lama could be reborn.
Fate conspires against a CIA man’s plan to hike (trek in Indian English) in the Himalayas. A whirlwind of unplanned events, overzealous minders and swamis make sure that mountains remain faraway.
Democracy has softened the West, which is struggling to cope with the challenge from the East, where autocratic Russia and China believe in using brute force and deft diplomacy to challenge the rules-based order.
Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran embodies a renewed tactical shift in the power games of regional influence. As Russia cozies up to the hardline leaderships of Iran and China, the world seems increasingly shifting to an unprecedented rise of an authoritarian axis - rivaling the democratic order...
Is Vladimir Putin the face of the future or the final fasp of the past? Will dirty energy and realpolitik come roaring back or will the world adopt a Global Green Deal to combat the climate crisis in a rapidly heating planet?
Improving relations with China could lower inflation, isolate Vladimir Putin, and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future.
State control of the electricity sector has caused waste of taxpayer money, theft of power and low per capita power consumption for decades. Over the years, India has brought in incremental reforms. Now, the country needs to go further but interest groups are likely to stall any progress till the...
Perceived as having abandoned the region after its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US has a great opportunity to re-engage with Kazakhstan.
A war in Ukraine that grinds on for months or years is in no one’s best interests.
A few non-hysterical voices ignored by the media offer a more rational sense of Europe’s destiny.
