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Expansion of BRICS a huge setback to the world order dominated by the US: Prof Wolff

Thanks to six new members, BRICS represents more than half of the world’s population and 43% of global oil production

Pakistan army’s supremacy can be traced to how early rulers sought to overcome disadvantages with India: Ayesha Jalal

In the first decade of independence, Pakistan’s top leadership solicited the assistance of the US and joined anti-Soviet security alliances

Pakistani army will in due course have a pact with Imran Khan: Christine Fair

The Pakistani armed forces will not want a coup as it will then be directly responsible for all the wrongdoing, notes the American military scholar

The Power Point

India is a sensible bet for the West to counter China

Blue Chip

With the US and China engaged in a trade war over semiconductors, India is stepping up to take a slice of the global business

‘Our roads will rival those of the US by the end of 2024,’ says Nitin Gadkari

After nine years as Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari’s achievements include radically increasing the pace of highway construction to 28.3 km a day. But, he tells Open, his biggest success is the popularisation of e-rickshaws

Kissinger at 100

One of the foremost strategic minds in the post-World War II era

Going Native In a Ford Bronco

Rishad Saam Mehta navigates the labyrinth of America’s national history as he drives through New England

The Caste Conundrum

Hammering an institution that outlived its utility

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