Opinion

By Jan-Werner Mueller We have become so accustomed to aspiring auto crats attacking universities that we hardly ever stop to ask why. But pushing back against authoritarians requires understanding their motivations and strategies. University leaders, in particular, ought to be better prepared to coordinate resistance...

By Malay Mishra President Putin came to India to attend the 23rd India-Russia bilateral summit with a heavy Ukraine baggage. He had just finished his marathon meeting with US Special Envoy Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Kushner in Moscow when he came calling to Delhi for...

By DK Giri US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker’s visit to India from 7-11 December, day after Russian President Putin left raised the antenna of observers of India-America bilateralism. The purpose and timing of her visit could be interpreted in two...

By Nalinikanta Dhar The Indian rupee slipped to a historic low against the US dollar on December 4, 2025, breaching the psychologically significant level of `90 per dollar. The speed of this depreciation has sparked intense concern and debate among policymakers, businesses, and investors. While...

By Bruhaspati Samal I n the political economy of contemporary India, few reforms have invited such sharp polarisation as the four Labour Codes notified for nationwide implementation through the Gazette Notification dated 21 November 2025. Even before the ink on the notification dried, the streets...

By Stephen Holmes   The new US National Security Strategy is not, in any meaningful sense, a strategy. A strategy connects means to achievable ends. What President Donald Trump’s White House published last week is something else: a 33-page confession that this administration does not...

By Bhaskar Nath Biswal   India’s journey towards gender parity in education has reached a significant milestone, one that is both cause for celebration and a stark reminder of the long road ahead. The surging enrolment of women in higher education institutions has crossed the...

By Ajay Patnaik The visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin was strategically significant for both countries. Right since the war in Ukraine started, Moscow has been facing Western pressures through sanctions and campaigns to isolate Russia. New Delhi has also been under pressure to condemn...

By Michael Burleigh   Until a few days ago, it had never crossed my mind that people across Europe – including Londoners like me – were living in a strife-afflicted hell hole, “suffocated” by regulations, stripped of political liberties, and bound for “civilizational era sure.”...

By Melvin Durai During a recent Cabinet meeting, US President Donald Trump went on a rant, labelling Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and other immigrants from Somalia as “garbage.” “We could go one way or the other, and we’re going to go the wrong way if we...