Balakrishnan, Pulapre <br/><br/>
Trade, sovereignty, and the national interest: India after the trump tariff 

 - Economic & Political Weekly   
 - 60(45), 8 Nov, 2025: p.14-15 
<br/><br/> The counsel for restraint by India’s suborned elites is not only a call for surrender in the face of Trump’s bullying but also naïve in terms of its understanding of the long-term costs to India of trading its sovereignty for a dishonourable peace. Sovereignty is the fountainhead of nationhood for a country. If India gives up its hard-earned sovereignty, it will no longer be considered a nation. For a country, there can be a cost to asserting its sovereignty but the consequence of not doing so when necessary is likely to be greater.- Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/commentary/trade-sovereignty-and-national-interest.html<br/>