Author: Nishakant Ojha
In the annals of contemporary American economic policymaking, few approaches have generated as much debate, admiration and criticism as what came to be known as “Trumponomics”. Rooted in aggressive tax reform, deregulation, protectionist trade measures and a renewed emphasis on domestic manufacturing, the economic doctrine pursued during the presidency of Donald Trump sought to fundamentally recalibrate the American economic architecture. While critics questioned its sustainability and fiscal implications, supporters viewed it as a decisive correction to decades of economic stagnation, overregulation and industrial outsourcing. More importantly, Trumponomics represented an effort to restore American economic primacy amid growing competition from China…
As conflict flares across the Persian Gulf, the world watches the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow maritime passage through which nearly a fifth of global oil supplies flow, become a flashpoint for economic and geopolitical tension. Every disruption in this strategic chokepoint sends ripples across energy markets, global trade and national economies. It is here, amid the hum of idle tankers and halted shipments, that a pressing question emerges: was Iran genuinely becoming so strategically potent or unpredictable that it could no longer be ignored, or was the perceived threat amplified by global narratives and strategic calculations? At first glance,…
As economics replaces warfare as the primary instrument of power, India’s resilience, autonomy and leadership offer a critical counterweight to a fractured global order. The nature of global power has changed more decisively in the past decade than in the previous half-century. Conflict today rarely announces itself through declarations of war or advancing armies. Instead, it unfolds through frozen foreign exchange reserves, disrupted supply chains, denied technologies and manipulated markets. Economic terrorism has emerged as a defining instrument of contemporary geopolitics, a form of coercion that inflicts long-term structural damage while remaining legally ambiguous and politically convenient. Economic terrorism operates…
