Lula-Trump Call: How Brazil Is Balancing BRICS Ambitions with Renewed U.S. Engagement
Brazil’s Lula Signals Pragmatic Reset with Trump Amid Trade Tensions and Global Realignment A 50-Minute Call That Signals More Than Courtesy New Delhi, January 27, 2026 — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 50-minute phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on January 26 marks a significant recalibration in bilateral relations that had appeared […]
India–EU FTA and Car Import Duty Cuts: Strategic Calculus, Market Impact, and the Future of India’s Auto Industry
India–EU FTA: Slashing European Car Import Duties and What It Means for India’s Auto Sector In the evolving landscape of global trade realignments, India’s negotiations with the European Union for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are entering a decisive phase. Among the most consequential proposals on the table is a substantial reduction in import […]
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: A Power Experiment Disguised as Global Governance
The ‘Board of Peace’: A Personalised Power Experiment in Global Governance Between Alarmism and Dismissal The announcement of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has produced two predictable reactions. One dismisses it as an empty gesture — another international talking shop destined to fade into irrelevance. The other casts it as an existential threat to the […]
Howard Lutnick at Davos: Declaring the Failure of Globalisation
Why Howard Lutnick’s Davos Speech Signals the End of Globalist Consensus A Davos Intervention That Broke the Script Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick delivered a blunt rejection of the very ideology the forum has long championed. Representing the Trump administration, Lutnick stated unambiguously that globalisation had […]
Mark Carney’s Davos Reckoning and the Collapse of the Rules-Based International Order as Lie
Living Within the Lie: Mark Carney, Davos, and the Fiction of Global Rules A Rare Davos Admission That Shook the Hall In a speech that received a rare standing ovation at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered an unusually blunt diagnosis of the failing rules-based […]
Market Insight: The Silent Architecture Behind the 2026 Computer Component Price Explosion
Why Computer Component Prices Are Exploding in 2026 By early 2026, the cost of high-performance computer hardware has reached unprecedented levels. Just for an example, in India, a standard 1TB SSD that sold for approximately ₹8,500 just a year ago now commands prices around ₹16,000. While public discourse often attributes this spike to the rise […]
Shaksgam Valley Dispute: India’s Firm Stand Against China’s Infrastructure Push
Shaksgam Valley Dispute and CPEC: Why India Rejects China’s Claim 12 January 2026, New Delhi | The Shaksgam Valley dispute has returned to focus amid reports of fresh Chinese infrastructure activity in the high-altitude Karakoram region. The territory, also known as the Trans-Karakoram Tract, spans nearly 5,180 square kilometres and remains legally contested between India, […]
De-Dollarisation and the Quiet Erosion of America’s Financial Power
This column reflects strategic interpretation of global financial trends and does not represent official policy positions Implications for the United States and the Dollar’s Strategic Security India’s 21% reduction in US Treasury holdings to USD 190.7 billion in 2025, alongside its expansion of gold reserves to nearly 880 tonnes, is not an isolated portfolio decision. […]
Western Asia Geopolitics: Alliance Fractures and Strategic Realignment in Late 2025
Western Asia Geopolitics: Alliance Fractures, Yemen Escalation, and the Red Sea Reordering Western Asia has entered a phase where alliances no longer fracture quietly. In the closing days of 2025, events across Yemen, the Gulf, and the Horn of Africa have exposed a deeper transformation underway. Coalitions formed over a decade ago are now strained […]