-
3 days ago | 
rediff.com | Aakar Patel
'We are too important to want to be paired with Pakistan but too intensely connected to it to successfully detach ourselves,' asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Indians in Srinagar, May 10, 2025, react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan. Through the 1990s and up until fairly recently, India insisted on something called de-hyphenation. The hyphen referred to was the one in the term 'Indo-Pak', which is how the world saw South Asia.
-
4 days ago | 
dawn.com | Aakar Patel
Through the 1990s and up until fairly recently, India insisted on something called “de-hyphenation”. The hyphen referred to was the one in the term “Indo-Pak”, which is how the world saw South Asia. Neither country was seen from the outside without the shadow of the other. American diplomats visiting India, like Robin Raphel, an official in the Bill Clinton administration, would make it a point to visit Pakistan when visiting India to “balance” the relationship.
-
1 week ago | 
thewire.in | Aakar Patel
We need your support to keep journalism independent. We need your support.
-
1 week ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Aakar Patel
Through the 1990s and up until fairly recently, India insisted on something called “de-hyphenation”. The hyphen referred to was the one in the term “Indo-Pak”, which is how the world saw South Asia. Neither country was seen from the outside without the shadow of the other. American diplomats visiting India, like Robin Raphel, an official in the Clinton administration, would make it a point to visit Pakistan when visiting India to “balance” the relationship.
-
2 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Aakar Patel
Can a competent plan on a vital matter be incompetently executed? The United States says it is being “looted” by the world in trade and wants compensation. This “looting” has happened through the US not being able to export as much as it imports because of the strong dollar. And the dollar is permanently strong because the whole world uses it and it is constantly in demand.
-
2 weeks ago | 
nationalheraldindia.com | Aakar Patel
Can a competent plan on a vital matter be incompetently executed? The United States says it is being looted by the world in trade and wants compensation. This looting has happened through the US not being able to export as much as it imports because of a strong dollar. And the dollar is permanently strong because the whole world uses it and it is constantly in demand.
-
3 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Aakar Patel
China’s crime is that in the next few years, perhaps as soon as 2035, it will be the world’s largest economy. Its Gross Domestic Product will be larger at that point than that of the United States, if the average growth rates of both nations over the last 15 years hold. This is unacceptable to the US, as it has been the dominant global power for the last century. This power has come mostly because of its economy, which is poised before our eyes to go from number one to number two.
-
3 weeks ago | 
nationalheraldindia.com | Aakar Patel
The West has no memory of a world where it has not been the ruler and the rest of us ‘the ruled’. Hence Donald Trump’s tariff tantrumChina’s crime is that in the next few years, perhaps as soon as 2035, it will be the world’s largest economy. At that point, China’s GDP (gross domestic product) will be larger than that of the United States, if the average growth rates of both nations over the last 15 years hold.
-
1 month ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Aakar Patel
Commerce and trade ministries around the world are, according to US President Donald Trump, lining up to plead their case with the United States. Are we among them? Apparently, we are not. A headline from the weekend quoted India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal as saying: “We don’t negotiate at gunpoint”. This is the right way of looking at it, and I agree with it. Sovereign nations should insist that they be treated as equals and not vassals.
-
1 month ago | 
nationalheraldindia.com | Aakar Patel
Is it because of the 56-inch chhaati or just strong foreign policy? Who has the best bargaining chips, and what are they? Commerce ministries around the world are — according to Donald Trump — lining up to plead their case with the United States. Is India among them? Apparently, we are not. A headline last weekend quoted commerce minister Piyush Goyal saying: ‘We don’t negotiate at gunpoint.’ This is the right way of looking at it, and I agree with it.
