Opinion

On 28 February, the United States and Israel shocked the world by launching strikes across Iran and assassinating the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Civilian casualties quickly mounted, including 150 civilians—mostly children—killed when American missiles struck an elementary school. Iran duly retaliated by targeting...

The largest energy-supply shock in modern history has delivered a surprising lesson: the global energy system is remarkably adaptable. When the Iran war disrupted passage through the Strait of Hormuz, roughly one-fifth of global oil supplies and liquefied natural gas was affected. But worst-case scenarios...

Melvin Durai If you’re a fan of Donald Trump, you’ll be glad to know that India has been on his mind lately. In fact, he posted about India on social media on Oct 4: “125 Million People voted today in the first round of India's...

Gordon Brown & John Sexton The United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries currently suffer from toxic divisiveness. Our societies have fractured into political, social, and cultural camps, each certain that they possess the truth. Ironically, while this secular dogmatism—as impervious to debate...

Jagdish Rattanani A stage has been reached where the government seems almost incapable of thinking through the challenges it faces and the manner in which it responds. The handling of the largely peaceful protests against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the extended...

Caren Grown & Kendall Trelegan It is getting harder by the day to justify the slow pace of adaptation to climate change. Last year was one of the hottest on record, with economies and communities around the world disrupted by extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and...

India’s markets are in a tizzy. Prices of pakoras have reportedly appreciated by 40%, samosas by 33%, while costs from fuel to paint are also rising. Policies meant to tame prices appear increasingly unable to contain the pressure on household budgets. Dalal Street, meanwhile, has...

Bilateral trade agreements appear to be shaping the future. The interim trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay), which has been applied provisionally since May 2026, may set standards for a new wave of deals. Mercosur is already pursuing...

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak The world today is facing an unprecedented level and volume of crisis, the gravest since the World War II. Imperialist wars and resource conflicts pursued to sustain the dominance of Yankee hegemony; technological disruptions; the climate crisis; the forward march of...

By Santosh Kumar Mohapatra Prime Minister Narendra Modi has revived his familiar “glass half full and half empty” analogy to criticise critics questioning India’s recent economic performance. Defending the latest GDP growth figure, he suggested that for such “naysayers”, the glass will remain half empty...