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Author: Satish Jha
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India has moved from a balancer to a participant in one camp’s security imagination.
From the Strait of Hormuz to grocery bills worldwide, the consequences of war travel faster than the missiles that begin it.
With unmatched military and diplomatic leverage, the United States held the greatest capacity to restrain escalation — and now bears the heaviest share of its consequences.
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An analysis of opposition, institutional erosion, and dissent in India’s democracy amid the AI Summit controversy.
America’s democratic contradictions, institutional resilience, polarization, and global power amid internal reckoning and renewal.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s trade policy reshapes executive power, recalibrates global alliances, and restores the primacy of Congress in U.S. trade law.
India’s future in artificial intelligence will be determined not by scale or summits, but by the strength of its research, education, and governance systems.
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