The U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out the possibility of trade negotiations with India until the issue of tariffs is resolved, White House, Washington, August 7, 2025 Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s remark on Wednesday that the US tariff hike is unlikely to have any “major impact” on India’s economy, “subject to retaliatory … Continue reading "India’s existential angst to confront Western imperialism" The post India’s existential angst to confront Western ...| Indian Punchline
President Ronald Reagan (R) and CPSU General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev (L) signed the INF Treaty, White House, Washington, August 12, 1987 The American Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck handed down to the Nobel-aspirant American president Donald Trump a golden maxim but he seems oblivious of it — although his life is made of a surfeit … Continue reading "Trump is taunting India but is an emperor without clothes" The post Trump is taunting India but is an emperor without clothes appeared fi...| Indian Punchline
An American F-35 flies over Russia’s fifth generation Su-57E fighter jet, Aero India 2025, Bengaluru, India, February 13, 2025 Well-known author, fund manager and columnist for the Financial Times Ruchir Sharma wrote this week that the perception that the US President Donald Trump’s gambit with tariffs would have grave consequences have not really been borne … Continue reading "A frenemy named Donald Trump" The post A frenemy named Donald Trump appeared first on Indian Punchline.| Indian Punchline
President Donald Trump, left, met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the White House, July 7, 2025. Trump secures Iran deal with eye on New Middle East Even in the darkest hour of the US-Iran standoff since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, it was never lost on perceptive observers that the acrimonious … Continue reading "Middle East in Crisis – 9" The post Middle East in Crisis – 9 appeared first on Indian Punchline.| Indian Punchline
A large-scale NATO military exercise earlier this year. Credit…Davide Monteleone for The New York Times Viewed through the Cold War prism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s decision at its recent summit meeting at the Hague to boost the defence spending by member countries to 5 percent of national income may appear to a naive onlooker as … Continue reading "NATO’s mega spending pleases Trump" The post NATO’s mega spending pleases Trump appeared first on Indian Punchline.| Indian Punchline
Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd from left on top) met with heads of international news agencies, St. Petersburg, June 19, 2025 Putin in reflective mood muses on US-Iran confrontation The US President Donald Trump who sought President Vladimir Putin’s active help a fortnight ago to mediate in the negotiations over Iran nuclear issue has … Continue reading "Middle East in Crisis – 4"| Indian Punchline
