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The Governance of Acceleration: When Progress Outruns People
by Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry, VSM (Retd)

Against this backdrop, New Delhi hosted the global AI Impact Summit 2026 from 16–20 February 2026—a gathering that symbolized not just innovation, but a decisive turning point. The conversations that unfolded there were less about the distant future and more about a reality already reshaping economies, institutions, and everyday life.

The defining question before us is no longer whether artificial intelligence will advance. It is whether society can advance without leaving humanity behind.

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The Governance of Acceleration: When Progress Outruns People - CS Conversations Human civilisation is entering an age of “Compressed living” – where technology expands faster than society can emotionally, institutionally, and morally absorb it. Midnight in the Accelerated City It is past midnight, yet the city shows no intention of resting. Headlights stream endlessly acr...

THE INDO-US TRADE DEAL: Recalibration Amidst Tariff Wars, More Transactional than Transformational
by Major General Jagatbir Singh, VSM (Retd) and Major General VK Singh, VSM (Retd)

The newly announced trade deal between the US and India promises commercial relief but more needs to be done to heal the rupture in bilateral ties. Analysts in the US pronounced the US-India deal as lacking strategic depth.

The deal is transactional, not transformational, said Danny Russel, a former senior US State Department official who served in the Obama administration. “It stabilizes the relationship, but it doesn’t rebuild strategic confidence is what he stated. He went on to state that “Trump’s approach has taught India – and many US partners – that today’s Washington is unreliable. The rational response isn’t closer alignment, it is hedging and reducing exposure to US pressure”.

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THE INDO-US TRADE DEAL: Recalibration Amidst Tariff Wars, More Transactional than Transformational - CS Conversations Introduction On 02 February the US President Donald Trump announced the Indo-US trade deal through a message on Truth Social where he said an agreement had been reached after a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Out of friendship and respect for Prime Minister Modi and, as per his requ...

Venezuela and the Return of Power Politics: Is Colonialism Re-Entering Global Strategy?
by Lt Gen A B Shivane, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (RETD)

The events in Venezuela go beyond intervention or regime change. It represents something more fundamental: the reassertion of imperial authority under contemporary strategic language. When a major power claims the right to detain a sitting head of state, supervise political succession, and administer a sovereign country’s strategic assets without multilateral it crosses a threshold. It signals a return to colonial logic, stripped of flags and formal annexation, but intact in substance.

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Venezuela and the Return of Power Politics: Is Colonialism Re-Entering Global Strategy? - CS Conversations The events in Venezuela go beyond intervention or regime change. It represents something more fundamental: the reassertion of imperial authority under contemporary strategic language. When a major power claims the right to detain a sitting head of state, supervise political succession, and administe...