Donald Trump

By Inderjit Badhwar I...

As the two Asian giants India  navigate a fragile détente, the re-election of Donald Trump adds a new dimension to the geopolitical chessboard. While New Delhi and Beijing seek to stabilize relations, Washington’s evolving China strategy raises critical questions about India’s balancing act between the two powers. Will India emerge as a bridge, a battleground, or a decisive player in the shifting global order?

By Inderjit Badhwar J...

In a scaled-down spectacle that blended defiance and spectacles, the president’s inauguration broke norms, enraged critics, and raised concerns about America’s democratic future 

President-elect Donald T...

A schism over policy underpins the shifting allegiances in Donald Trump’s coalition, with billionaires like Elon Musk clashing with nativist MAGA supporters over the future of visas programmes

In a highly anticipated decision, the US Supreme Court delivered a blow to Trump’s legal manoeuvres and paved the way for his sentencing. Professor Upendra Baxi analyses this extraordinary struggle between the Executive and Judiciary, the outcome of which is globally fateful

If confirmed, five Indian-Americans are likely to be top-tier players in the new US administration, rewarded for their ideological beliefs and personal loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump. Not surprisingly, several are lawyers with considerable public involvement in Republican and right-wing political issues. Despite a slim Republican majority, all are not assured of confirmation by the US Senate, which must approve top-level presidential appointments

The President-elect has chosen a different criterion for selecting his cabinet than during his last term. Now, relevant experience or educational background appears unnecessary. His unwillingness to select people based on competence and reputation to manage departments that spend billions of taxpayer dollars and have tens of thousands of employees is a problem for politicians and those organizations focused on responsible government

Kamala Harris has been taking some personal time after a four-month rushed campaign for the top spot. Her seven more weeks as vice-president end with Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Harris won 60 percent of the votes in Hawaii, where she and husband Doug Emhoff have relaxed for a long week, no doubt asking themselves how could we have come so close and lost to that angry guy as well as losing control of the entire Congress? Some answers follow: