Geopolitics

The intensifying US-China rivalry risks creating a dangerous bipolar trap, forcing nations to choose sides and eroding strategic autonomy. Instead of direct war, this polarisation fragments global supply chains, technology, and diplomacy. Middle powers like India, balancing Quad ties with BRICS, play a vital role in preventing a divided world order. Avoiding bipolar dominance is the 21st century’s greatest geopolitical challenge.

The Taliban’s growing outreach to India in the recent period represents an important milestone in India-Afghanistan relations. The series of four visits made by Taliban ministers to India reflects a gradual shift towards the constructive diplomatic engagement that underscores the re-emerging dynamics in bilateral relations.

यह लेख बदलती भू-राजनीतिक परिस्थितियों में भारत-अमेरिका संबंधों की नई वास्तविकता को दर्शाता है। आर्थिक, तकनीकी और रक्षा सहयोग बढ़ने के बावजूद, दोनों देशों के हितों और रणनीतिक स्वायत्तता में अंतर है।

UK-China relations are complex, and they have undergone several changes under different UK governments and Chinese leaders. From the UK side, UK-China relations have been through ‘golden ages’ particularly under the years of David Cameron, (2010-2020), where it has been suggested that ‘Cameron’s engagement with China was a response to the crisis of the global economy in 2008 and the divergence of the economies of China and the West’.

In the ongoing strategic rivalry between the United States and China, much attention has been paid to tariffs, export restrictions, industrial policies, and the reconfiguration of global supply chains. But these advances cannot be explained solely in terms of material or economic factors. These phenomena arise not only from the struggle over material resources but also reflect more profound tensions over issues of identity and sovereignty. The notion of “identity capital”, as identified in my book Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage, helps us understand the importance of narratives of nationhood in shaping economic and geopolitical dynamics.