India’s purchase of S-400 could be a mistake
LONDON: If you had picked up a British newspaper on 5 September you would have found two faces staring at...
Social media is addictive and young people are dying for it
Psychologists have found that some platforms have an alarming effect on the mental health of young people, including high levels...
How India should react to US sanctions on Iran
LONDON: When President Donald Trump signed the order on 6 August re-imposing sanctions on Iran, a reporter in the room...
Trump and Putin make for a stunning conspiracy theory
I find it difficult to believe that Trump is controlled by Moscow. But then, every day since Donald Trump was...
Will Turkey implode?
Turkish lira has plunged in value by 20% this year, creating unwanted price rises for households and businesses alike. ...
Why I miss the stability of the Cold War
Now we have uncertainty, with the risk of nuclear escalation in Asia and the Middle East. NATO is at its...
Got some dirty money? Why not use the Laundromat?
There has been the suspicion that the vast percentage of wealth came from dirty money, which was cleaned en route...
China is developing a maritime noose around India
I wonder how many Indian politicians in Lutyens Zone go to bed each night worrying about China. If they don’t,...
The post-truth world of Trump
LONDON: Let’s get one thing clear: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will never give up his nuclear weapons unilaterally. Perhaps...
On your Marx: 200 years old, but still not history
With growing inequality in Russia, it’s not surprising that Marx’s theories are resurfacing. In his installation speech last week, President...
Fasten your safety belts, Middle East could explode
The world will soon witness two events, personally contrived by President Donald Trump, that could lead to bloodshed, one possibly...
Storm clouds gather in Trumposphere
“A weak and untruthful slime ball…” tweeted President Donald Trump on 13 April, illustrating his elegant command of the English...
Time for India to sit at UN’s top table
Member states should pressurise the P5 to voluntarily suspend their veto during voting for the expansion of the UNSC. ...
Why John Bolton terrifies me
Bolton is so well known in the political circuit that there is no shortage of descriptions available: ‘the neocon of...
How to win elections, Cambridge Analytica-way
It is the undecided voter that politicians wish to influence. LONDON: “Half the money I spend on advertising is...
We may be witnessing the start of a new Cold War
Have you heard of Novichok? Until a few days ago very few people had, but now it is on the...
Russia’s sharp power is penetrating the US
So now we know. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference last week, President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, H.R. McMaster...
Immigration will destroy the EU
“A social bomb ready to explode in Italy” claimed octogenarian former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a TV interview...
Will Trump drive Pakistan into China’s hands?
“They have given us nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to...
The Perfidious West: Why Putin’s suspicion is justified
LONDON: “The strong do what they want and the weak suffer what they must”, so said Thucydides in the Melian...
Life on Planet Trump: Should we be worried or merely terrified?
LONDON: “God bless the United Shhtates”, said President Donald Trump at the end of a slurred speech on his new...
Indian workers in Gulf are important for India’s economy
DUBAI: “I like it here”, said my taxi driver Arjun as he whisked me from the Dubai International Airport to...
All hail Emperor Xi: The ruler Trump can never be
LONDON: All Hail the Emperor! Standing next to the most powerful man on the planet, US President Donald Trump cut...
Can President Trump survive until 2020?
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”, said Mark Twain in 1897 when told of his obituary published in...
