Trump’s foreign policy has stripped away the mask of US global leadership. Expansionism, the Iran war, and alliance erosion reveal a deeper truth: in trying to counter China, Washington is accelerating its own decline and strengthening Beijing’s hand. #MyPiece

As the Iran War fumbles, Trump’s “Cuba is next” isn’t rhetoric, it’s a warning. From oil blockades to regime-change whispers, history is repeating itself in the Caribbean. Sovereignty is once again negotiable in Washington’s imperial playbook. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/cuba...

The US–Israel war on Iran has backfired. What began as a war on the regime is now seen as a war on Iran itself. Instead of collapse, the Islamic Republic is consolidating power, fueled by nationalism, historical memory, and foreign aggression. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/world/lesson...

As conflict rages in the Gulf, many are focussed on oil – but water is also a major concern The region’s population survives on a fragile network of coastal desalination facilities, which are now exposed to military strikes.

Missiles and drone may shake oil markets and gas supply, but targeting desalination plants exposes a deeper crisis: the Gulf’s survival depends on manufactured water. The Iran war risks turning water into a weapon and cities into dry zones. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1091...

The U.S. and Israel will not win the war with Iran. No clear objective, no viable endgame, and no understanding of how such wars actually end. History has shown this before, from Iraq to Afghanistan. #MyPiece
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After Nepal’s March election, no leader—however pragmatic—will be able to openly pursue a pro-India policy, because Modi’s coercive and nationalist approach has made political distance from New Delhi a domestic necessity in Kathmandu. #MyPiece

Nepal’s election is referendum on its future and democracy in South Asia In response to the 2025 protests which overthrew the government, Nepal took the more difficult path of political renewal unlike its neighbours.

As South Asia slides into democratic decline, Nepal’s March 2026 election stands out as a rare test of whether youth power, republican values, and real electoral choice can still keep the idea of democracy alive. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1090...

Tarique Rahman’s test at the edge of the Ganga Renegotiation of the Ganga treaty with India the defining foreign policy test of Tarique Rahman’s early premiership

Bangladesh’s toughest foreign policy test under PM Tarique Rahman won’t be Hasina’s exile in India, it will be water. With the Ganges Water Treaty expiring in Dec 2026 amid climate stress & West Bengal election, failure is not an option. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/tari...

Rebuilding occupied Gaza, after the war is not just a diplomatic or security challenge. It is an environmental one. Without safe water, clean land, and managed debris, reconstruction will only reproduce crisis. #MyPiece National Herald, 15 February 2026.

India and Bangladesh’s Ballot - Hard News India and Bangladesh’s Ballot - Hard News - Election

Bangladesh votes on Feb 12 in a post-Hasina moment. For India, clinging to old loyalties is a strategic mistake. With Jamaat’s rise fueled by anti-India sentiment, Delhi’s safest bet is pragmatic engagement the BNP under Tarique Rahman. #MyPiece www.hardnewsmedia.com/2026/02/indi...

The US–Iran standoff is no longer theoretical. Drones shot down, ships harassed, airstrikes already tested. Regime change by force will not contain Iran - it will ignite the region. Diplomacy is not weakness. It is necessity. #MyPiece

Chabahar in Iran was India’s strategic gateway to Afghanistan and Central Asia, and a quiet counter to Gwadar. Now, under renewed US pressure and tariff threats, New Delhi is winding down in all but name. The real winners? Beijing and Islamabad. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/chab...

By giving Trump her Nobel medal, Venezuelan Opposition leader has rewarded lawlessness María Corina Machado has demonstrated that she does not care for the ethical foundations that make leadership legitimate.

A Nobel Peace Prize cannot be given away. But it can be dishonored. Machado handing her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump has done precisely that, trading peace for proximity, law for leverage and principle for power. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1090...

Iranians deserve freedom from theocracy, not a return to dynastic rule or foreign military “liberation”. Replacing clerical authoritarianism with exiled monarchy backed by bombs would be a second betrayal, not a revolution. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/iran...

An illegal US military operation in Venezuela & Europe’s uneasy silence are not isolated events but warning signs of a world where power replaces law, and where Europe may soon discover that losing moral courage today means losing leverage tomorrow, even over Greenland. #MyPiece

The dangerous acquiescence of Europe The most dangerous response to Trump's invasion of Venezuela is to pretend it is someone else’s problem, writes Ashok Swain

Europe’s silence on Trump’s abduction of Venezuela’s president Maduro is not caution, it is consent. If Trump moves on Greenland tomorrow, Europe will have no moral or diplomatic leverage left to stop him. #MyPiece www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/trum...

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland will not erase Gaza, weaken Palestinian solidarity, or enhance security. It exposes legal hypocrisy, fuels instability in the Horn of Africa, and risks opening new fronts along the Red Sea. Strategic theatre, not statesmanship. #MyPiece

Opinion: What India must do to help restore stability in Bangladesh To treat the crisis primarily as a security problem guarantees deeper resentment and a neighbour that increasingly defines itself in opposition to India.

Indian media must stop pouring fuel on Bangladesh’s crisis. Branding student protesters as Islamists and framing Bangladesh as a security threat is reckless journalism that is accelerating anti-India sentiment after Osman Hadi’s killing. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1089...

India’s exclusion from President Trump's Pax Silica is a strategic verdict on Modi's failed foreign policy. A US led tech bloc shaping the future economy has moved ahead without India, exposing the costs of Modi’s foreign policy built on symbolism, hedging & illusion. #MyPiece

Europe raised military spending, sealed borders, and tightened asylum rules. Still not enough for Trump.
Because this isn’t about tanks or migration numbers — it’s about identity. Europe cannot win a cultural war against Trump and MAGA. #MyPiece

India is a footnote in Trump’s new security vision, exposing Modi government’s wishful thinking The National Security Strategy portrays India as a dispute-prone state requiring intervention and unimportant to what America needs.

India spent a decade marketing itself as Washington’s indispensable partner. Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy barely notices India. Pageantry without power leads to strategic marginality. Being a footnote is the real verdict on Modi’s foreign policy. #MyPiece scroll.in/article/1089...

The US calls #OperationSouthernSpear as a war on drugs but its scale signals something far more dangerous: interventionist ambitions that echo decades of troubled history in Latin America. The region can't afford another forced regime-change.
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The Gaza “ceasefire” is a ceasefire in name only.
339 Palestinians killed — including 70+ children. Aid still throttled, West Bank violence rising, and the so-called peace plan entrenches occupation, not ending it. A pause in violence is not peace. #MyPiece

A Verdict That Weakens Justice and Strengthens India’s Hand In the end, this is not merely about the fate of one leader. It is about whether Bangladesh chooses a future built on due process and political inclusion, or one defined by courtroom theatrics and pun...

The death sentence against Sheikh Hasina isn’t justice, it’s political theatre. A rushed trial in absentia weakens Bangladesh’s institutions, deepens divisions, and hands India every excuse to refuse extradition. #MyPiece counterpointbd.com/A-Verdict-Th...

Social media is no longer social – it’s synthetic. Platforms like Meta are quietly replacing human posts with AI-generated slop, blurring reality, undermining trust, and supercharging political manipulation. #MyPiece

Mamdani’s victory isn’t just a milestone, it’s a geopolitical migraine for Modi. An Indian-origin leader abroad calling out Hindutva from a global platform shatters the BJP’s diaspora-dominance script. The fight over India’s pluralism has officially gone transnational. #MyPiece

Why the world remains silent as Sudan slides into catastrophic collapse The conflict is messy. It is an intra-Muslim war, regional, brutal and barely registers in the dominant geopolitical frames.

The world’s silence on Sudan isn’t neutrality — it’s consent. When a Muslim vs Muslim war, fuelled by Gulf arms and intrastate dynamics, wipes out entire cities and splits a country, it still lacks our outrage. #MyPiece #Sudan #Darfur scroll.in/article/1088...

Modi built his image on hugging world leaders. Now he’s hiding from Trump. Avoidance isn’t strategy — it’s surrender. When India’s PM ducks the bully, tariffs rise, lies spread, and India looks weak. #MyPiece

The United Nations is 80. It has never been more fragile – or so necessary The institution has flaws, inertia and bureaucratic bottlenecks. But in a world of cascading crises and rising fragmentation, there is no substitute to it.

As the UN turns 80 today, the world faces climate chaos, wars, pandemics & rising nationalism—exactly when we need the UN most. It must be defended, reformed & made democratic. The world can't afford a paralyzed UN held hostage by 1 veto. #MyPiece #UN80 scroll.in/article/1087...

Trump’s Gaza peace deal stops the bombs but risks burying justice. Without accountability, sovereignty, or real withdrawal, this is not peace but pause. Gaza needs self-determination and rebuilding, not trusteeship and foreign management. #MyPiece