India & The New World

25th Council of Heads of SCO Member States and the SCO plus in Tianjin, China on 1st September, 2025 Weapons Show: East vs. West Deepak Razdan Sunday, 7 September, 2025 On 3rd September, China held a Victory Parade in Beijing where it displayed its deadly and highly advanced weaponry that could match any adversary in military strength. The parade was almost like China’s reply to the US display of its missile power in destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities in June this year. The Chinese parade had followed the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual conference of over 20 Heads of State, hosted by SCO current Chair China in Tianjin from 31st August to 1st September. If US President Donald Trump had Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in the US to discuss Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping had the Russian President by his side at the SCO Summit. The East vs. the West power games were evident. The SCO was established in 2001 in Shanghai, China by K...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump giving statements after their Alaska Summit on 15 August, 2025 Search for Peace in Ukraine Gets Pace Deepak Razdan Sunday, 17 August, 2025 The first shots for a peace agreement in Ukraine have been fired. This was clear from the Alaska Summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on 15th August. So far, President Putin had appeared to be an unreal person determined to destabilize Europe after destroying Ukraine. The Coalition of the Willing was working hard to put together a European Army to counter Russia. NATO was putting pressure on its European members to raise their defence budgets to five per cent of the GDP, 3.5 per cent on core defence expenditure, and told them not to depend on the US wholly for protection against Russia. The Alaska Summit changed the atmosphere. It showed President Putin was open to talks. The two sides could meet and the world could know why the Ukrain...

  President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone call with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 11th August, 2025. Ending Wars Not Easy, Like Tariff Tables Deepak Razdan Tuesday, 12 August, 2025 After the trade war’s first phase ends with US announcement of new import tariffs for nearly the whole world, the New World can now attend to real wars – conflicts where missiles and drones cross borders from both sides. Unlike the tariff tangles, the military fights, however, don’t end with one side dominating the other so strongly that its voice is reduced to a whisper. Like, in the Ukraine war, its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made it clear there will be no ceding of territory to Russia by his country, though talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this weekend are welcome. As the US announced deadlines for its trade partners to reach deals, there were hardly any noises regarding the US pressures for tariffs suitable...

US President Donald Trump hosts Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi India Meets the New World Deepak Razdan Monday, 4 August, 2025 India is finally face to face with the New World. So far, there was much greeting and hope. There was a happy distance. Now, India is part of the New Tariffs World. There is no haze of suspense any more. Thursday on, Indian products will have a 25 per cent import tariff, besides other levies, before entering the US soil. President Trump announced the new tariff rate for India even as India and the US were engaged in talks for a new trade agreement. India was included in a long list of nations on 31st July for which the new tariffs were announced. President Trump additionally made a post on India on X to convey India deserved no mercy because it bought oil from Russia and thereby financed Russia’s war against Ukraine. In his latest comment on India, the US President said “India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian oil, they are then,...

The European Union and the United States reach a massive trade deal Trade Deals Mature, Wars Drag Deepak Razdan Tuesday, 29 July, 2025 The New World born out of 2nd April, 2025 US Tariffs continues to struggle with fresh deals on trade tariffs, wars and immigration. The tariffs top the agenda; immigration comes next, while wars remain a matter of strong concern. The Ukraine war rages on, with assurances of fresh and sophisticated weaponry for Ukraine from a large number of supporting nations to fight the Russian advances. US President Donald Trump had set a 50 days deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept ceasefire. On Monday he was inclined to reduce the period to just 10-12 days. The war continues to devastate people. In his latest broadcast, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said President Trump had made an extremely significant statement. “And it is true: it is Russia who is doing everything to undermine peace efforts and drag out this war.” “Every ...