Tanvi Ratna

Tanvi Ratna is a policy analyst and engineer with a decade of experience in statecraft at the intersection of geopolitics, economics, and technology. She has worked on Capitol Hill, at EY, at CoinDesk and others, shaping policy across sectors from manufacturing to AI. Follow her takes on statecraft on X and Substack.

August 17

Trump’s Russia play isn’t about Ukraine, it's about China

Trump's Alaska summit with Putin aims to separate Russia from China alliance as part of broader strategy to contain Beijing's rise and focus US resources on Indo-Pacific

August 15

How a summer of strategic pressure set stage for Trump–Putin talks in Alaska

Strategic sanctions relief, SWIFT banking negotiations, and energy pressure tactics culminate in the Trump-Putin summit

Tanvi Ratna

Trump’s Russia play isn’t about Ukraine, it's about China

How a summer of strategic pressure set stage for Trump–Putin talks in Alaska

The new map that could be guiding Trump's Middle East moves

Trump and Musk's unexpected truce could be America's secret weapon in the global technology race

The real breakthrough in U.S.–China trade talks is much bigger than just tariffs

Trump’s 'Art of the Deal' diplomacy just delivered a global win—without a shot fired

Here's what Trump is really up to with high-stakes tariff gambit