Early this year, I had written that instead of stopping wars Trump is actually starting new ones. With his actions in Venezuela and also threatening to take over Greenland. Now, it turns out he has decided to go after Iran along with his accomplice and partner-in-crime if I can call him that, Netanyahu of Israel.… Continue reading Stop the Senseless War in Iran
It is now over a year of Trump 2.0 and the chaos he has unleashed all over the world with his new tariff regime is going to stay for several years, even if it is taking its own sweet time in showing its effects on economic growth. The world is roiling with geopolitical tensions as… Continue reading Chaos Reigning Everywhere
Well, well, what a start to the New Year it’s been! If one expected a smooth easing into 2026 from the year gone by, it was quashed by Trump’s air strikes on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife to stand trial in the US. I had written about the… Continue reading A Hi-Jinks January that the World Can Do Without
Considering 2025 was supposed to be the year for ending the two wars that have raged on, taking countless lives with them, we are sadly saying goodbye to the year without being able to bring about peaceful settlements to both conflicts. Instead, we seem to be ending the year with even more uncertainty about the… Continue reading Ending 2025 Without Ending the Wars
What a huge fuss has been kicked up over Bihar’s 2025 assembly elections! This, when there was no new candidate, no major new party contesting the elections and so any big surprise or wild card was ruled out. Some might argue that Prashant Kishore’s Jan Suraj party was the big surprise element in this election,… Continue reading When Economic Policies Are Made on The Campaign Trail
What a remarkable turn of events in the Middle East this past week. From constant shelling and the killing of innocent civilians – many even as they lined up for food – to the cessation of hostilities and the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. So far, so good. At least as far as… Continue reading A Peace Plan That Leaves the Palestinian State for The End
As if the world doesn’t have enough geopolitical tensions and trade wars to contend with, we have peacemaking efforts in the two wars raging that are threatening to only escalate tensions between the warring parties. And India finds itself in the crosshairs of the conflict in Ukraine, because we’re buying Russian oil and defence equipment.… Continue reading Of Wars and Bombed Peacemaking Efforts
It’s been six months and more since India had been anticipating increased tariffs on exports to the US in Trump’s new term as US president, and yet there was no reporting on it in the Indian news media, except to keep harping on the fact that India could attract 26% reciprocal tariffs. The Indian government… Continue reading Bolstering India’s Independence in Tariff Negotiations with US
While preparing a reading list for The Whistle Library monthly post exclusively for subscribers to The Whistle (my blog’s free monthly newsletter), I realized that this June and July have been months of intense international summitry around the world. From the G-7, NATO and SCO to the BRICS summit, an EU Summit, and the 4th… Continue reading Summer Summitry Amid Geopolitical Tensions
I can’t remember any year in recent memory that has seemed so chaotic and out-of-control, save the 2008 Financial Crisis and the break-out of Covid in 2020. Not that we’ve had any similarly major earth-shattering event or disaster this year, thank goodness. But there are plenty of smaller crises and fires all over the world,… Continue reading Why the G20 is the only fit-for-purpose group in this fragmented world
Peripatetic Perch 