India’s World is a leading foreign affairs magazine that examines global developments from an Indian perspective. The July–August 2025 issue, The Trump Factor, explores how Donald Trump’s return to the White House is reshaping U.S. global leadership—straining alliances, altering the trajectory of the war in Ukraine, and intensifying strategic competition with China.

For India, the Trump factor brings several interrelated strategic challenges, some of which we witnessed during the recent military standoff between India and Pakistan, when Trump’s statements diverged from the otherwise strong trajectory of India-US relations. While his presidency will formally end,Trump’s legacy will define world politics for decades to come.

Featured articles include: Trump’s Anti-Woke Foreign Policy, Moscow’s Message to the West: Reflections on Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine, Is the U.S. Still a Useful Strategic Partner?, Seoul Now Stands at a Critical Juncture in Its Seventy-Year-Old Alliance with Washington, The High Cost of Ambition: Navigating Degrees of Uncertainty in the U.S. Education Dream, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Battleground of the Asian Century?