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Ceasefires, Denials, and Diplomatic Shadows: Modi Plays the Old Game with Trump

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South Asia’s favorite political soap opera is back on screens, starring Narendra Modi and Donald Trump in their most familiar roles: Modi as the guardian of India’s “strategic autonomy,” Trump as the compulsive credit-claimer. The latest season’s plot twist? A sudden ceasefire between India and Pakistan, first reported as a diplomatic breakthrough, only for Modi […]

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Maduro’s Marathon: Oil Gambits, Diplomatic Theatre, and the Last Stand of Bolivarian Bluster

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Nicolás Maduro spent the week juggling diplomatic photo ops, oil deals, and a scorched-earth media campaign—just another lap in Caracas’s endless race against isolation and irrelevance.

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Xi’s Week: Long Games, Nervous Neighbors, and the Art of the Carefully Managed Crisis

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This week, Xi Jinping played diplomatic chess—juggling phone calls with Trump, warning New Zealand to stay “neutral,” and reminding the world that Beijing’s patience is never infinite.

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MBS’s G7 Snub, AI Chip Ambitions, and the Art of Absence

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Mohammed bin Salman turned absence into strategy this week—snubbing the G7, championing Saudi AI, and trying on the peacemaker’s mantle. In Riyadh, every headline is a calculated move.

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