Operation Epic Fury: Coercive Air Power and the Limit of Strategic Control
President Donald Trump has initiated “Operation Epic Fury” as a coercive air campaign launched from Israel, designed to reset the strategic balance with Iran without the commitment of US ground forces. The stated objective is to ...
American Supreme Court Ruling: Resetting the Game
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc.) on February 20, 2026, striking down key Trump-era tariffs, is among the most consequential rulings in modern American trade ...
The Great American Volte-face, or not?
The US Supreme Court judgement on tariffs: What comes next? In a landmark ruling yesterday, the US Supreme Court has struck down the sweeping tariffs that President Trump had been imposing across the world. Essentially, the ...
The Federal Reserve’s Rate Strategy and Its Spillover Effects on Emerging Markets
The trajectory of U.S. monetary policy once again occupies the centre of global financial discourse. These are tumultuous times, times of confusion and speculation on the rapidly unfolding course of events. As W. B. Yeats wrote ...
Between Balancing and Bandwagoning: India and the RIC Equation in a Shifting Global Order
Introduction: Strategic Autonomy Under Unprecedented Strain The evolving geopolitical environment has placed India’s long-cherished doctrine of strategic autonomy under extraordinary pressure. The recent India-US framework agreement while softening debilitating tariffs, restoring supply chain integration and market ...
The Epstein Files Reveal Western Hypocricy
Introduction More than three million files related to disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein have recently been released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The files shed light on the intersection of power, money and sex ...
When “Strategic Assets” Turn Inward: How Pakistan’s Proxy Wars Boomerang
Pakistan’s strategy of wielding extremist proxies to destabilise its neighbours has come full circle. The recent attack created carnage at the Khadija Tul Kubra mosque in Islamabad signals that the state’s distinction between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ ...
“With great power comes great responsibility”
“Those who matter have abdicated their global leadership role. Parochial gains, unending power dynamics and irresponsibility have won over statesmanship.” While we were engaged in debating the 18% tariff, a very significant event was not taking ...
U.S.-India Interim Bilateral Trade Agreement: Father of All “Deals” for President Trump?
The agreed interim agreement of February 6, 2026 marks an important step towards a US-India Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) but given its interim nature and a lot of gaps in terms of detail and opacity, any ...
THE INDO-US TRADE DEAL: Recalibration Amidst Tariff Wars, More Transactional than Transformational
Introduction On 02 February the US President Donald Trump announced the Indo-US trade deal through a message on Truth Social where he said an agreement had been reached after a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra ...
India’s European Embrace
Faced with huge trade and economic disruptions thanks to US President Donald Trump’s unilateral tariff impositions, India and Europe have just signed a historic Free Trade Agreement that could pave the way for a realignment of ...
The US–India Trade Deal: A Strategic Pivot or Tactical Detente?
Not every agreement marks a strategic pivot. Some exist to stabilise pressure and foster detente. The US–India trade deal announced on 3 Feb 2026 belongs in that category. Yet, in international relations, strategic space without strategic ...
