I am delighted to bring you the June 2026 edition of India’s World, on Indian business going global. If you are wondering what business has to do with foreign policy, turn the pages.

Indian business is abroad now in a way it has never quite been before, buying steel mills and luxury car brands, refining other nations’ crude, parking its capital in Singapore, Mauritius, and the Netherlands. 
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END OF THE INDO-PACIFIC?

Volume 2 Issue 8

August 2026

The Argument

There is currently a debate around the role of middle powers amid US calls for friends and allies to do more, as well as shifting American priorities in the Indo-Pacific. ...
| August 12, 2026

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 I am delighted to bring you the August 2026 edition of India’s World, on the Indo Pacific and whether its moment has passed. On 16 June, the Pentagon renamed the US Indo-Pacific Command to its original name, the US Pacific Command, the name it had carried from 1947 to 2018. Just a name change, as if a word went missing from a Pentagon letterhead due to a clerical error.
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Cover Story

Geopolitics

Global Dispatches

Explainer

Theory

Culture Lens

The world’s biggest sporting event is no longer insulated from global politics. The 2026 World Cup revealed how ...
| August 13, 2026
At a time when cinema increasingly thrives on division, Main Vaapas Aaunga offers a deeply humane ...
| August 13, 2026
The Indo-Pacific’s shared history is etched not only in monuments and trade routes but also in ...
| August 13, 2026
Before conflict recast Kashmir in the world’s imagination, the Valley was renowned for its houseboats, ski ...
| August 13, 2026
Beyond the colourful festivities of Bali Jatra lies an extraordinary tale of fearless seafarers, flourishing trade, ...
| August 13, 2026

Book Reviews

Noteworthy on Screen

Crossword

The Last Word

| August 13, 2026

The durability of the Indo-Pacific does not lie in the Pentagon’s nomenclature