As we mark three years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, here’s a look at Trump 2.0’s Europe shakedown and his move to seek a rapprochement with Russia. United States President Donald Trump’s recent initiative on Ukraine did many things in one go—from widening the Atlantic…
Trump’s Blunt ‘No’ To Europe Can Change Everything
It’s a new phase in the Ukraine war as the Trump administration moves to hold talks with Russia without the presence of Ukraine or Europe. The Saudis will be in the mediating role, and the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Trump’s Middle East special envoy,…
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Trump Hates ‘Tariff Walls’. Why Is He Building One For America?
US President Donald Trump continues his internal and external political warfare. His internal cleaning-up operations and external muscle-flexing have consequences for the rest of the world, including India. Deporting Illegal migrants is on top of Trump’s agenda. The number of Indian illegal migrants is significant. India…
There’s A Five-Letter Word Haunting Trump
You don’t want to fall into the trap of romanticising the East as Orientalists, steeped in Christianity and its binaries of good and evil, have done over the last 200 years. But a well-known Chinese invocation comes to mind as one absorbs the beginnings of the…
Trump’s Deportation Spree Means Little To Geopolitics
Barely a week into his second administration, US President Donald Trump has set out to fulfil many of his populist election promises, including pulling his country out of the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO), renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and recognising only two…
How India Can Deal With Trump And His Tariffs ‘Creatively’
Colombian President Gustavo Petro became the first major casualty of Trump 2.0’s no-nonsense approach—some might argue, his unchecked ire. The US President wasted no time in showing the world that his recent fiery rhetoric wasn’t just for show. The Columbian President tried to go toe-to-toe with…
Drill, Baby, Drill: Will Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Plan To Make Oil Cheap Work?
US President Donald Trump, on the very first day of assuming office, laid out a sweeping plan to maximise oil and gas production, including declaring a national energy emergency to speed the permitting of projects, rolling back environmental protections, suspending new federal offshore wind leasing proposals…
Is Trump Serious About Annexing Canada? Or Is He Just Being Trump?
Years ago, during my one and only trip to Pakistan to report on the 50th anniversary of independence for a Western media outlet, I had the pleasure of meeting some bright, articulate students at the famed Government College in Lahore. Feeling magnanimous (and admittedly swept by…
How China Quietly Made New Friends To Prepare For Trump 2.0
Donald Trump’s declaration in his inaugural address on Monday, that “the golden age of America begins right now,” may align with his electoral promise to Make America Great Again (MAGA). Perhaps it signals an extension of his MAGA slogan. Where MAGA focuses on reclaiming a perceived…