Iran is more powerful now than before the war — it controls the price of world oil and more likely to fracture the US coalition than US is to grow it. Stunning gains in 17 days

Mobilize by Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar and Defense Lead Madeline Hart is out. America is in an undeclared state of emergency. Mobilize is a bold call to arms—to resurrect our industrial base and win the defense technology race that will define the twenty-first century.

Glad to share my paper published in Global Studies Quarterly on British colonial thought concerning India. May be of interest to people working on global histories of international thought covering sovereignty, geopolitics, and maximalist territorial projects. academic.oup.com/isagsq/article…

Javagal Srinath, for single handedly carrying India’s pace attack, for a decade.

Iranian strikes have hit at least 22 locations across the United Arab Emirates since late February, affecting ports, airports, residential areas & energy infrastructure. ACLED records at least 46 successful strikes on the #UAE between 28 Feb-17 Mar🔎More: acleddata.com/iran-crisis-li…

The Great Indian Diplomatic Debate, 2026: Govt: stays silent because it hasn't developed capabilities for its words to matter; Opposition: believes that the morality of words matters and, so, urges speaking up. Doesn't believe in capabilities. Both united against capabilities.

Iran is firing MORE and they are hitting MORE per shot than during the first days of the conflict. Not good..

Looking for reliable data on Iran? We’ve built a rich, research-grade resource at the Iran Data Portal—packed with electoral, economic, and social datasets. Dive in: irandataportal.syr.edu

UGC 2026 guidelines risk reverse bias in higher education The extreme left infiltrated @UGCindia,created a crisis.Data shows that complaints by SC/ST are primarily non GC yet GC targeted. Needs change, ⁦Narendra Modi⁩ ⁦Office of Dharmendra Pradhan⁩ moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/u…

Wowww! I didn't realise Gaurav Gera played #Aalam in Dhurandhar. Absolutely brilliant performance. 💯

The case for banning political parties from campuses in India.

Sarfarosh is 1 of 2 best Indian intel-espionage movies made till date (Madras Cafe is the other). The climax was primed for a sequel, wonder why it didnt happen. Got most things spot-on, incl presence of a 5th column in India...

A really good thread.

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The return of jungle raj

Several years ago, engineers at a major Indian OEM wanted to add a simple valve to their own engine. They knew how to do it. The problem: the software running inside their own vehicle's ECU was locked. The key was in Germany. Three years later, the problem remained unsolved. 🧵

Excited to share that my book Democracy in Power will be out in paperback this September!

An Iranian missile strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG complex has triggered global alarm. For India, the immediate concern is clear: about 40% of LNG imports come from Qatar. 12 years ago, this number was 86%. India has quietly been reducing this dependence for a decade. 🧵

Global defence spending grew in 2025, reaching USD2.63 trillion, up from USD2.48 trillion in 2024. Spending also rose in real terms by 2.5%. This uplift was driven by strong spending increases in Europe and the Middle East. In Europe, defence-industrial developments were marked

For those interested in how India's approach to global governance and multilateralism is changing (or not) during the second Trump presidency, I have a brief essay titled "Multilateralism without America?" in this excellent collection: carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/…