Bilateral Relations
The Great Power Rivalry: Why the US Needs India More Than Ever
The US-China rivalry is the defining dynamic of the 21st century. In this rivalry, India is the prize. The US views India as the only democratic country wi…
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Bilateral Relations
Automotive
AI in the Automotive Industry: The Road to Self-Driving Cars
The automotive industry is undergoing a seismic shift, with AI at the wheel. The ultimate goal is full autonomy—vehicles that can navigate any road in an…
Strategic Affairs
The Taiwan Strait Question: India’s Silence Speaks Volumes
If you follow geopolitics, you know the Taiwan Strait is one of the hottest spots on earth. Everyone is watching to see if China makes a move. India’s st…
Maritime Security
The Indian Ocean: Why Diego Garcia Keeps Strategic Planners Awake
The Indian Ocean is India’s backyard, but there are a lot of guests staying over. Diego Garcia, a tiny island in the Chagos Archipelago, hosts a massive…
History
The Bomber War: Civilians in the Crosshairs
By 1945, the concept of civilians being safe from war was dead. Strategic bombing had turned cities into battlegrounds. The British bombed Germany at night…
Technology
Autonomous Vehicles: Navigating the Road to Full Self-Driving
The journey to fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) has been longer and more complex than early predictions suggested. While advanced driver-assistance systems…
Technology
The Gig Economy and Tech: Flexibility or Instability?
Technology platforms like Uber, DoorDash, and Upwork have fueled the explosive growth of the gig economy, offering unprecedented flexibility for workers to…
How Claude Works
Understanding Claude's Constitutional AI: Why It Matters
Anthropic talks a lot about something called Constitutional AI, and if you've spent any time with Claude, you've probably noticed it behaves differently fr…
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation: Building a Unified API Gateway
As organizations scale, they often end up with multiple GraphQL services owned by different teams. GraphQL Federation solves the challenge of composing the…
Automotive
Tesla's Autopilot Deaths and the Truth About Self-Driving
Tesla calls it Autopilot. That name is misleading. People think the car drives itself. It does not. It is advanced cruise control. It keeps lanes. It maint…
Business
Dubai's Tech Startup Scene: Is This the Next Silicon Valley of the East?
Dubai has made a serious strategic bet on becoming a technology hub, backed by government funding, regulatory flexibility, and active recruitment of talent…
Rise of America
America After 9/11: Power and Its Limits
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the most powerful country in the world — the sole superpower of the unipolar moment, the country that had just won…
Economy & Security
The Red Sea Rerouting: How Houthi Attacks Are Hitting Your Indian Wallet
We often think geopolitics happens in faraway places, far away from our dinner tables. But the recent Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea?…
Rise of America
The Marshall Plan: How America Built the World It Wanted to Live In
In June 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall gave a commencement address at Harvard that would change the postwar world. He proposed that the United St…
Rise of America
Reagan and the Reinvention of American Conservatism
By 1980, the United States was in a bad mood. Inflation had been running in double digits. The economy was mired in stagflation — the combination of high…
Human Psychology
Dark Triad: The Personality Traits That Make Someone Genuinely Dangerous
Delroy Paulhus and Kevin Williams coined the term dark triad in 2002 to describe three personality traits that share a core of callousness, manipulation, a…
Marketing
Marketing and Brand Strategy: Telling Stories That Matter
I’ve always loved the psychology behind why people buy things. Marketing is that in practice. I started in social media management, which was fun, but I…
Foreign Policy
Understanding Look East vs. Act East: What Changed?
The shift from ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’ was more than just a name change. In the 90s, ‘Look East’ was about simply opening up to Southeast Asi…
Regional Security
The Rise of the Taliban: India’s Afghan Conundrum
For two decades, India invested heavily in Afghanistan—building the Parliament, roads, dams. We had a strategic partnership with the old government. Then…
Claude Comparison
Claude vs GPT-4: Strengths, Weaknesses, and When to Use Each
GPT-4 and Claude are both flagship-level language models, and if you're trying to decide which one to use for serious work, the differences matter. This is…
Human Resources
Human Resources: The Heart of the Company
I fell into Human Resources by accident. I was an administrative assistant, and the HR manager asked if I wanted to help with recruitment. I found that I l…
Rise of America
The Civil War: The Crisis That Defined What America Would Be
By 1860, the United States had been arguing about slavery for most of its existence. The founders had known it was a contradiction and had mostly chosen to…
How to Use Claude
Claude for Startups: Leveraging AI Without Breaking the Bank
Startups are discovering that Claude can dramatically extend their effective team capacity without the cost of additional hires. Here's how early-stage com…
Neighborhood & Security
The Myanmar Crisis: India’s Dilemma of Democracy vs. Stability
Myanmar is India’s gateway to Southeast Asia. But the 2021 military coup put us in a bind. On one hand, India is the world’s largest democracy and mora…
How to Use Claude
Using Claude for SEO: Content Strategy and Optimization
Content marketing teams are integrating Claude into their SEO workflows in ways that go well beyond just generating blog posts. The smarter applications le…
History
The Battle of Stalingrad: Hell on Earth
There's never been a battle like Stalingrad. From August 1942 to February 1943, two armies fought to the death in a city on the Volga. The Germans wanted S…
Privacy
Apple's Privacy Push That Made Google and Facebook Sweat
In 2021, Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency. Every app now asks permission to track you across other apps. Most people say no. That sounds simple…