Narendra Modi

June 14, 2026 | Cleo Paskal |

Modi Era India displays geopolitical acumen

The massive positive changes in India during the Modi Era may not be fully understood in the think-tanks in DC, but they have been noticed by Beijing.

June 11, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Venezuela reshuffles foreign relationships as oil production grows

As foreign minister and vice president under former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez helped build many of Venezuela’s relationships with American...

February 8, 2026 | Ivana Stradner, Britt Bowersox

Russian Propaganda Finds Powerful Megaphone in India

As it ramps up its media presence in India, Moscow is hardly in need of fabricating negative stories about the US. Washington is doing fine on its own to make itself inimical to New Delhi.

February 5, 2026 | Keti Korkiya, Dmitriy Shapiro

Strict Enforcement Needed To Curb Indian Imports of Russian Oil

Russian oil sellers are increasingly turning to Chinese purchasers to offset losses stemming from India’s decision to halt imports in accordance with New Delhi’s ambitious new trade deal...

November 13, 2025 | Justin Leopold-Cohen, Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

Israel and India Strengthen Defense Ties

United by “shared challenges of terrorism,” Israel and India are moving to deepen their already robust security cooperation. The two governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November...

October 24, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Death of Daniel Suidani shows how China gets the better of Quad

Daniel Suidani scared the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) more than Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, freedom of navigation patrols through the South China Sea, and a newly commissioned nuclear...

September 17, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Indian Re-emergence and the Foreign Policy Boom

Look into India’s eyes today and you’ll see it—quiet, youthful confidence reshaping the nation and its place in the world.

September 1, 2025 | |

Burgeoning Ties Between Russia, India, and China Spotlighted at Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit

Xi Calls for Multipolar World at SCO Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic...

August 19, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Angela Howard

Donald Trump’s Tariffs Can Cripple Russia—If Done Right

With the right touch, President Donald Trump can thwart Putin’s war machine while helping India shed its energy dependence on Russia.

May 14, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict

The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace

October 15, 2024 | John Austin, Elaine K. Dezenski

The Time Is Right for Ally-Shoring, and It’s About More Than Being Friends

As the global economy realigns, the next U.S. president should formalize a liberal economic bloc of allied countries to stand up against authoritarian rivals.

January 6, 2024 | Akhil Ramesh, Cleo Paskal

India can unite Global South with developed world

Delhi has closer Africa connection than Washington, is less vulnerable to ‘predatory lending’ charge than Beijing

December 1, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas renews rocket fire, Israel responds as pause in fighting ends 

Hamas renewed rocket fire on Israel just before 06:00 local time on Friday, December 1, ending a pause in fighting that had held for one week. The Israel Defense Forces said the Iron Dome air...

September 15, 2023 | Akhil Ramesh, Cleo Paskal

From Non-Alignment to Realignment

The US and India expanded cooperation across various domains in the second reporting period of 2023. The two moved to materialize projects and initiatives that were conceived in the first quarter,...

September 10, 2023 | |

Ambitious Asia-to-Europe Corridor Will Link Up U.S. Partners

Latest Developments World leaders announced plans on September 9 for a rail and shipping corridor running from India through the Arabian Peninsula to Israel. The “India-Middle East-Europe Economic...

August 20, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

In sign of weakness, pro-PRC Solomons PM avoids meeting US Congress members

PM Sogavare avoided meeting a US Congressional Delegation that was visiting the country. Not a single government minister met the two Members of Congress during their time in the capital, Honiara.

July 28, 2023 | Clifford D. May, Jonathan Schanzer, Cleo Paskal

Pacific Overtures

July 9, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

U.S. fighting China on the wrong battlefield

While the U.S. has been focused on preparing for the kinetic warfare battlefield, China has been registering big wins on the political warfare battlefield. You can see it all over the Pacific Islands.

June 25, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Palau under CCP pressure to switch recognition from Taiwan to China

The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., speaks to The Sunday Guardian on what his Pacific Island Country is facing.

May 19, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Anthony Bergin

Modi goes to PNG – why it matters to the region and Australia

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Papua New Guinea early next week and then go on to Australia, despite the cancellation of the Quad Leaders’ summit. Fortunately, Prime Minister Modi’s...