President Trump threatens to “financially counter” China’s “Trade hostility”

"You don’t get so many buildings on fire in a short time frame without a good deal of organizational prowess,” said Richard Hagger, a senior fire investigator at Andrew Moore & Associates. “It takes weeks, if not months, of planning.” nytimes.com/2025/10/12/wor…

Ashley Tellis is one of the most well-respected experts on India and US-India ties in Washington. This will really shock the think-tank community. "During a search of his residence in Vienna, Virginia, authorities recovered more than a thousand pages of documents marked "TOP

EU floats conditions such as tech transfers for China investments reuters.com/world/china/eu…

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Over 12 civilians killed in Pakistani attack, Afghan Taliban say reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

India-origin strategist charged with keeping secret US defence files bbc.in/3KR6C3V

#India’s recent outreach to #China isn’t just about #US tariffs—domestic economic pressures are pushing #New Delhi to cautiously rebalance its toughest bilateral relationship: TUSHAR JOSHI 🇮🇳 or-f.org/35917

More than 12 civilians were killed in Afghanistan as fresh fighting broke out between Afghan and Pakistani forces, the Taliban said, rupturing a fragile peace that had briefly taken hold after weekend clashes between the countries killed dozens reut.rs/4qa9MQn

India's Space Technology is not just about exploration but also about surveillance, (border) security, and geopolitics.

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Big update! China just confirmed it has fired number-two general He Weidong 9 generals, inc 8 Central Committee members, expelled from the CCP 1 Politburo vacancy, 3 Central Military Commission vacancies, 11 CC vacancies Will Xi fill them at the Fourth Plenum next week? 1/

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To understand Xi's approach to governance is to understand his perception of time -- a perspective rooted in a strikingly longer view than political cycles. "Our understanding of time is measured in centuries and millennia," said Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of

Today’s progress in the US-China trade talks marks “an undeniably positive step toward temporarily stabilising a structurally fractious relationship”, says Louise Loo, head of Asia economics at Oxford Economics. bbc.com/news/live/cd7r…