The past week in the Middle East has offered another masterclass in strategic ambiguity. As negotiators edge towards a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, fresh military exchanges and Israeli advances in Lebanon have underscored just how…
In New Delhi, the familiar rhythms of Indian politics have sharpened into something more urgent. Over the past fortnight, the government of Narendra Modi has raised retail fuel prices four times, passing on the pain from a global energy shock…
In the shadow of a war that began with thunderous American and Israeli strikes in late February, the Middle East finds itself in a familiar but perilous limbo. A fragile ceasefire, brokered in April largely through Pakistani mediation, holds—barely—while high-stakes…
Two days after the collapse of direct negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, President Donald Trump held a nearly 40-minute telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14. The call, the third between the…
