by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is less a routine summit communiqué than a broad statement of intent about how its members believe the international system should
by Eric There are moments in the life of an institution when an appointment is not simply recorded, but quietly alters the grammar of how authority is imagined within it. The elevation
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Four days after Israel launched an intense aerial assault on Lebanon, Beirut remains a city defined by rubble, grief, and unanswered questions. In a matter of minutes on Wednesday, more than 160
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The splashdown of a US space capsule into the Pacific, parachutes unfolding as engineers cheered another apparent triumph, was widely presented in the United States as a symbolic victory in the renewed
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally approved Major General Roman Gofman as the next head of the Mossad, marking a significant leadership transition in Israel’s intelligence establishment at a time of
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by Luxman Peter Magyar has emerged as the most significant challenger to Hungary’s long-entrenched political order in more than a decade, positioning himself as the man capable of ending Viktor Orban’s 16-year
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi In a move that is already reverberating across the strategic landscape of the Indian Ocean, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has formally acquired a controlling 51
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Slavoj Žižek dreams in patterns of confusion, delay, and bureaucratic frustration. In one recurring sequence, he is attempting to meet a friend, but nothing aligns correctly. Addresses are wrong, communication fails, and
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Nine months after Donald Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program “obliterated,” the fragile balance between Washington and Tehran is once again nearing a breaking point. Following last year’s 12-day conflict between Israel and
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by Durga What unfolded in Parliament yesterday evening was not democracy in action but power laid bare—raw, unapologetic, and utterly indifferent to accountability. The crushing defeat of the no-confidence motion against Energy
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Editorial The language of peace, when deployed by states long entangled in cycles of militarisation and geopolitical opportunism, often invites not admiration but scrutiny. Pakistan’s latest overtures towards peace, accompanied by the
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