UAE’s Strategic Withdrawal from OPEC: Opening New Horizons for India-UAE Synergy
On 28 April 2026, the United Arab Emirates announced its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+, effective 1 May 2026, ending…
Hungary’s Democratic Turn: An Indian Reading of a Changing World
On the night of 12 April 2026, the banks of the Danube in Budapest became a cathedral of democratic catharsis….
Trinidad and Tobago – A Nation Hollowed Out by Design
Anyone who picked up the Trinidad & Tobago Express on Friday, April 5, 1968 would have been horrified by a…
Why the KMT Chairwoman’s Meeting with Xi Serves Beijing, Not Taiwan
When Kuomintang KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun travels to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping, the optics will be carefully choreographed, handshakes,…
Mosaic Resilience: Iran and the New Art of Decentralized Attrition
The decapitation strikes of 28 February 2026 were intended as the decisive culmination of a long-dominant Western doctrine: eliminate senior…
The End of Aid as Charity
Under the current Donald Trump administration, the United States is not merely cutting foreign aid or trimming its contributions to…
When Allies Sit Out : NATO’s Refusal Is a Test of American Leadership, Not Its Limits
There’s a certain melodrama in the way observers have reacted to NATO’s refusal to join the United States in its…
Does Iran’s new Supreme Leader Matter?
Iran’s announcement of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s replacement after his death by US-Israeli bombing came at an unexpectedly rapid pace. Within…
Voting Without a Card, But Not Without a System
In the general election in Trinidad and Tobago in 2015, I walked into my polling station in stark deviation of…
From McCarthy to Missile Strikes: The evolution of American dominance
As nations around the globe are witnessing recent American military actions, namely the January capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and…
