Category Archives: India

Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements

free trade agreements may increasingly become economic weapons in the new Cold War, disrupting earlier globalization.

Pursuing India’s Multi-Aligned Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: Time for a Sister Souljah Moment?

Offensive comments by BJP officials have sparked diplomatic condemnation, at potential cost to India’s foreign policy of multi-alignment.

How to Stay Cool in Hot Weather

With heat waves becoming more prevalent due to climate change, planning ahead can help provide relief during the next hot spell.

Four Novelists, One Ocean: How Indian Ocean Literature Can Remap the World

Another book to add to the to-read pile, Charne Lavery’s Rewriting Ocean Worlds, about four novelists who center their work on the Indian Ocean and its environs.

Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia

Michael Hudson expliains how the US hopes to benefit from its proxy war with Russia.

Indian Heatwave May Exacerbate World Wheat Crisis

India’s extreme heatwave has arrived at a particularly delicate time for its current wheat crop and is expected to reduce yields.

Fresh Signs of Mosquito Insecticide Resistance in South Africa

South Africa could soon join the list of countries that have relegated malaria to history – although this post highlights the worrying possibility that a spike in malaria cases might occur, as a consequence of insecticide resistance

Jaishankar Calls Out Europe’s Selective Concern on Rules-Based Order

Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar shared views on rules-based order with world diplomats at a conference Tuesday in Delhi.

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India Has Concerns About U.S. Human Rights Record

Look to India to stay an independent foreign policy course, pursuing its national interests in a multipolar world, instead of joining the U.S. kennel of poodles.

America Keeps Eyepoking India and China for Failing to Fall into Line on Russia; Arrogance Looking More and More Like Impotence

America’s failed attempts to get India and China in its corner against Russia is looking less like diplomacy and more like a clown car.

China – A Sub-Imperial Ally of the West?

IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist

India: Pursuing its National Interest in the Multipolar World

The U.S. botches its India diplomacy as it fails to comprehend Delhi’s understanding of the new realities of the emerging multipolar world.

Putin Edict on “Gas for Roubles” Consistent With Original Description (and Our Take); Western Officials Nevertheless Claim a Walkback

Putin’s gas for roubles plan was over-interpreted by foreign policy experts and media employees, and that’s working out to Russia’s advantage.

How Fossil Fuel Governments Control the IPCC

The work of the IPCC is necessary. That’s why it’s important that the UN not be the owners of the go-to reports it issues.