sabre-rattling

As countries scramble to recalibrate in response to shifting US trade policies - like Donald Trump's latest 90-day tariff pause after weeks of sabre-rattling - India's relative detachment may have helped it weather shocks that have jolted more trade-dependent economies.

Despite claims of success, his sabre-rattling on trade could ultimately produce diminishing returns.

Since the start of the conflict nearly three years ago, Putin has repeatedly laid out nuclear "red lines’" which the West has repeatedly crossed. It seems many have become used to Russia’s nuclear “sabre-rattling”.

Western leaders generally dismissed what they saw as nuclear sabre-rattling.

Putin has threatened the use of nuclear weapons before, and Ukraine has criticised it as "nuclear sabre-rattling" to deter its allies from providing further support.