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Dick & Henry, Don & Pete
 

Seema Sirohi writes for the Times of India: When the India-US relationship was shallow, Nixon-Kissinger’s bloody-mindedness did limited damage. Today Trump-Navarro-MAGA threaten much greater harm. Distrust on both sides can widen...READ MORE\

 

The 'Inner Circle' That Runs America, And Why India Needs To Court It

 

Ambuj Sahu, Shubham Dwivedi write for NDTV: Both countries have cultivated a strategic partnership since the end of the Cold War. But recent turbulence in bilateral ties underscores the risks of over-reliance on government-to-government engagement...READ MORE

 

Navarro May Rue Anti-India Rants, End Up In Trump’s Dustbin Of Discarded Loyalists

 

Abhijit Majumder writes in this op-ed for News18: A man who can go to the length of inventing a fake economist to mouth his own views can easily extrapolate that disingenuity in the much larger playground of geopolitics...READ MORE
 

To Survive Trump, India Needs More Than Just Handshakes With Xi And Putin

 

Nishtha Gautam writes for NDTV: The resilience of the Indian economy will outlast Trump's tariff agenda, but it's time India fixed its priority list and embarked on a journey of reforms with quiet dignity...READ MORE

 

A new American ambassador, and a message from Trump: India matters

 

Amitabh Mattoo writes in this oped for The Indian Express: Sergio Gor is not a detached official; he is a confidant. That makes his appointment unconventional, but also consequential...READ MORE

 

No, This Is Not About Ganging Up Against The US

 

Tara Kartha writes for NDTV: What could arguably be the most 'consequential' visit of the Prime Minister is now over. That adjective, once used to describe India -US relations, could ironically now apply to the Beijing visit...READ MORE

 

Is India a 'Tariff King'? Not Really

 

Manoj Kumar writes for Newsweek: There is a widespread but fallacious perception that India's tariffs are inordinately high. There are subjective factors when it comes to a country like livability, public courtesy, or even how foreigners are welcomed...READ MORE

 

Contradictions Of Trump’s Foreign Policy: A Threat To India-US Relations 

 

Prosenjit Nath writes for News 18: Foreign policy requires patience, foresight, and continuity. Trump offers none of these...READ MORE
 

Trump Has Miscalculated That India Is A Softer Target Than China

 

Harsh. V. Pant and Vivek Mishra write in this op-ed for NDTV: True, India's trade volume with the United States is far smaller than China's, leading Washington to perhaps assume that New Delhi could be pressured easily. But the consequences are proving to be far more political in nature than economic...READ MORE

 

What India should and should not do to combat Trump’s tariffs
 

Abhijit Das writes in this op-ed for The Indian Express: The challenges that India’s trade policy confronts today were never encountered in the past 25 years...READ MORE

 

Not A T20, But A Test: Why India Must Play The Long Innings With Trump

 

Shashi Tharoor writes for NDTV: The winning strategy is not to take a swing for the fences but to play a long innings by building a steady, unshakeable score. India must neither rupture its relationship with the US nor yield to pressure. The game plan is endurance...READ MORE

 

Model Minority to Easy Scapegoat: Indian-Americans Face Brunt of Trumpism

 

Sumit Ganguly writes in this op-ed for The Quint: Indian-Americans rose as a “model minority” in the US, but now, their success fuels xenophobia. What happened?...READ MORE

 

 US tariff: Who will blink first? Modi or Trump?

 

Rajat Sharma writes for India TV: Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears not in the mood for any knee-jerk reaction. Textiles, seafood, leather, gems and jewellery exporters will be provided outreach in nearly 40 countries, including the UK, EU, Japan, Australia, South Korea and Russia...READ MORE
 

After New Tariffs, Trust Between US And India Is Running Low

 

Richard Rossow writes for NDTV: In an effort to push India to cross unreasonable thresholds on agriculture market access, the Trump administration is depleting the reservoir of trust that both nations have painstakingly built over a generation...READ MORE

 

Amid Trump tariffs, PM Modi pushes for swadeshi goods: ‘money can be someone else's, but sweat is ours’

 

A day before US President Donald Trump's additional 25 per cent tariff kicks in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 26 made a vehement pitch for swadeshi and Make in India that should help create jobs in the country...READ MORE

 

U.S. gets ready to implement 50% tariffs, India braces for impact

 

T.C.A. SHARAD RAGHAVAN and SUHASINI HAIDAR write this deep-dive into the tariff repurcussions on both the nations...READ MORE

 

How the ‘transshipment clause’ of US tariff policy could prove to be India’s saviour
 

Akshay Sinha  writes in this op-ed for The Indian Express: The reciprocal tariff does pose challenges, but the overlooked transshipment clause alters the competitive landscape, blunting some of the damage and might even create opportunities in some areas...READ MORE

 

India will absorb Trump tariff impact due to its Achilles’ heel

 

Trinh Nguyen writes in this op-ed for The Print: Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments...READ MORE

 

Trump's Hollow Claims: Here's Where India - And China - Really Buy Their Oil From

 

Kanwal Sibal writes in this op-ed for NDTV; Navarro says India is importing more oil than it needs, forgetting that it is adding value by refining it and satisfying existing external demand, created, ironically, by the US and the EU imposing sanctions on Russia...READ MORE

 

US pressure is a test for India as a rising power. To withstand it, build strength

 

T.V Paul writes in this op-ed for The Indian Express: The most pragmatic approach is to weather the storm: Intensify lobbying efforts, engage key Republicans and most importantly, implement economic and social reforms at home to attract global investment....READ MORE

 

Why India-US ties must weather the Trumpian storm
 

Ashok Sajjanhar writes for Firstpost: Relations with the US are the most consequential for India. It is essential for both the US and India to salvage them and bring them back to the earlier path of upward growth and trajectory...READ MORE
 

The bigger game: After tariffs, signs that the US wants more

 

Saumitra Dasgupta writes in this op-ed for The Telegraph about the truth behind Trump’s weaponisation of tariffs...READ MORE

 

Rough patch in India-US ties shouldn’t dilute past gains
 

Sujan Chinoy writes in this op-ed for The Indian Express: Challenge is to preserve collaborations despite Trump’s techno-nationalism and the ruckus created by punitive tariffs...READ MORE

 

Trump’s treatment of India draws fire from US foreign policy experts

 

Bernd Debusmann writes in this op-ed for WION: US President Donald Trump’s sudden belligerent treatment of India is drawing fire from prominent figures of the US foreign policy establishment who call it a mistake....READ MORE

 

An American Job: Donald Trump and The Unintended Peace between India and China

 

Probal DasGupta writes for Firstpost: Donald Trump’s inadvertent decision has not only triggered a temporary truce between two cantankerous neighbours, but also demonstrated that India is a key player in the region that can sustain its interests independently....READ MORE

 

Why India shouldn’t misread Beijing as an equal partner

 

Manav Sachdeva writes in this op-ed for The Indian Express: A China hedge is not strategy — it's self-deception. Unlike the US, China does not regard India as an interlocutor of consequence... READ MORE

 

Saving India-US relationship from Trump & beyond
 

Barkha Dutt writes in this op-ed for the Hindustan Times: The relationship between the two countries is longer and deeper than the whims of an individual president...READ MORE

 

Why the thriving Indian diaspora in the US is not an asset anymore

Jaithirth Rao writes in this op-ed for The Print: The excessive publicity about Indian success stories and their high income and wealth levels has begun to breed envy and resentment in non-elite Americans...READ MORE

 

Assert Or Accommodate: Playbook For India
 

Chetan Bhagat writes for the Times of India: We must know when to stand firm and when to agree to some demands. Restoring mutually beneficial trade ties with US depends on this..READ MORE

 

 India should be cautious about Trump reaching out to Russia, China and Europe

 

C Raja Mohan writes for The Indian Express: Delhi must avoid slipping into permanent conflict with its neighbours, which only invites more meddling by the great powers. It must back diplomacy with long-overdue economic reform and renewed domestic political unity on key national issues... READ MORE

 

The Real Reason India and China Are Mending Ties
 

Harsh. V. Pant writes in this op-ed for TIME: The rapprochement is being analyzed through the Trumpian lens as India-U.S. ties grow turbulent...READ MORE