Author: Shyam Bhatia

Why America keeps getting Iran wrong

The pothole isn’t the story; it’s a symptom of two nations moving in opposite directions

Alexander’s empire disappeared. Rome collapsed. The British Empire dissolved. The Soviet Union vanished. Persia endured them all

History becomes history when both sides agree it is over. More than a century after Amritsar and decades after the separation of Chagos, that moment remains elusive

London Letter

The old categories through which outsiders once understood India — poor or rich, modern or backward, socialist or capitalist — no longer seem sufficient

London Letter

Books

Wealth, mobility, and neutrality once cast Dubai as a safe harbour amidst regional storms. That illusion shattered in early March

Opinion

London Letter

London Letter

International Law and Geopolitics

London Letter

London Letter