The latest essay / 18 October 2026
Trump Delays Russia Sanctions as Energy Crisis Exposes Limits of Economic Coercion
Donald Trump has postponed the implementation of major sanctions against Russia, reopening a difficult debate about whether economic pressure can remain credible when the country imposing it becomes increasingly vulnerable to the consequences.
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01 / OxJournal
Global Trade Governance and the U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry: Tariffs, Currency Competition and Semiconductors
02 / MINDS Foundation
Scroll, Stress, Repeat: Understanding the Impact of Online Information Overload on Young Minds
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Undiplomatically Speaking
“I believe young people like me should understand- and question- the systems we’re inheriting.”
From the archive
Questions worth returning to.
A chronological record of writing from 2018 to 2026.
1 January 2018
How Questions Make History
15 January 2018
Why Maps Lie
22 January 2018
Who Gets to Speak for a Nation?
About the author
Gauri Khanna
Hi! I’m Gauri— a high schooler trying to understand how the world works, and why it often doesn’t.
This blog is a conversation. A place where I can try to make sense of international relations, especially through the lens of economics—because numbers, I’ve learned, often puts stories into perspective.
