The struggle over the future world order is no longer simply between China and the West. From BRICS and development finance to technology and reform of the United Nations, India and China
Last week, I published a comprehensive report titled Weaponizing Commerce: The Mirage of a Coercive Trade Policy, which investigated the historical precedents and structural failures of using tariffs as instruments of geopolitical
Washington rolled out bombers, pandas and a new helipad. Beijing left with the photographs—and almost none of the hard bargains the relationship required. President Trump told reporters the meeting was “great.” He
The deepening strategic and economic partnership between India and Oman is creating an emerging set of trade and energy corridors that largely circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed in principle to create new bilateral mechanisms — including a Board of Trade and a Board of Investment — under a “reciprocal
A US trade delegation will visit India from June 1–4, to try to lock in the text of an interim trade agreement and push forward work on a broader Bilateral Trade Agreement
A Canada–India trade agreement may seem modest in aggregate volume, but it is disproportionately important for Canada’s diversification strategy and North American supply‑chain resilience, especially in critical minerals, clean energy, and knowledge‑intensive
Marco Rubio’s May 2026 visit to India is not diplomatic pageantry; it is an attempt to re-anchor a relationship whose economic and security stakes are now systemic for both countries and for
The Norwegian capital Oslo hosted the third edition of the India–Nordic Summit, a gathering that, on the surface, brought together the leaders of India and five small Nordic states around a shared
India’s recent deal to let Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) store up to 30 million barrels of crude oil in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve is far more than a technical MoU;
The Trump‑Xi summit in Beijing was staged as a pageant of great‑power stability: honor guards on Tiananmen, children waving flags, two leaders speaking of partnership and peace. Yet the most consequential subject
India’s four-day war with Pakistan in May 2025 left Pakistan facing intensifying political, economic, and social crises at home even as its leaders worked hard to project strength and diplomatic relevance abroad.
Donald Trump is scheduled to make a state visit to China in mid‑May 2026, a trip widely seen as an attempt to stabilize a volatile but indispensable relationship between the world’s two