A new age of nuclear proliferation?
In the case of Iran, an agreement between that country and the five nuclear-weapon states aimed to build trust through cooperation and enhanced transparency, but it unraveled when the first…
The year that could be
Every December in recent years, I think back to the time when Jeremy Corbyn, then the leader of the opposition Labour Party in my adopted country, the United Kingdom, quoted…
Trump’s 2025 shake-up of the world order has put the Indo-Pacific balance of power back in play
In the meantime, India strengthened and expanded its bilateral partnerships across Southeast Asia as part of its broader Indo-Pacific engagement, particularly with Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia, expanding…
The recent air traffic chaos holds a lesson: Regulators should watch the risk of systemic failures amid market dominance
However, US judge Learned Hand, while deciding on the watershed case of United States vs. Alcoa, rejected the idea that market share alone implies monopoly power and emphasized that a…
Taiwan’s universal cash handout: Its economic rationale holds a lesson for similarly placed India
Third, cash is a complement, not a substitute. Taiwan sees transfers as a temporary rebalancing tool, not permanent entitlement. For India, unconditional cash must not replace structural reforms aimed at…
2025 was the year we stopped trusting our eyes and ears
One sunny day, there I was, being lowered into the deep blue sea in a cage, to look some sharks in the eye. Just as in the movie, Jaws, which…