How long can Iran hold out? Fifteen days? A month? Or will it drag on for years, stretched in weary, laboured breaths?

US anxiety over the India–EU deal is growing, but shouting cannot rewrite history. After abuse, arrogance, and global retreat, the world is moving forward. America risks being left behind.

India’s foreign policy today stands at a ‘diamond crossing’. It is a place where roads do not force a single direction, where relationships remain flexible, and where choices are guided by interest rather than ideology. In a world shaken by uncertainty and shifting power centres, India has chosen not to lock itself into rigid alliances. Instead, it keeps its options open and moves carefully, dealing with different powers on different issues.

Donald Trump will never be remembered in history as a great general. But his name will be recorded among those who changed the grammar of war. He showed that guns are no longer essential for battle. No trenches, no battlefield, no smoke-filled skies. Just tariffs, tweets, threats, and spectacle.

When the ageing, grandstanding statesman invoked peace from a Nobel podium, his true meaning was war. This Orwellian doublespeak has become the native tongue of a trumpet-blowing democracy that has perfected the art of diplo-bullying.

What happened to that trademark bravado? The Donald Trump who stormed back into the White House promising to end wars in 24 hours, why has he gone strangely quiet as 2025 draws to a close? Was all the bluster just policy? Was the chest-thumping confused for real diplomacy? Or was the entire strategy built on disruption without any real follow-through? The million-dollar question: has the world simply tuned him out?