Victoria Nuland’s Stealth Sanctions against India
The visa denial to Indians policy has become a form of collective punishment imposed in retaliation for India not following...
At SCO, Xi and Modi differed over their views on Ukraine
Given their record of mistaking what they wish for as what is, Atlanticist media immediately reached the conclusion that Xi’s...
Iranian women have the right to choose their dress
A young Iranian woman died simply because she refused to accept the dress code commanded of her by clerics. Mysterious...
At SCO meeting, PM Modi navigated India through stormy seas
For China and Russia, any reduction within the Atlantic Alliance in their level of trust in the reliability of India...
India is the ideal producer for Democracy Chips
Computer chips made in democracies may be termed ‘Democracy Chips’. And to make Democracy Chips, many tech companies are looking...
The crowning glory of Liz Truss is her nemesis
Prime Minister Truss appears not to have understood that the hopeless hero Volodymyr Zelenskyy provides drag rather than lift to...
PLA needs a limited, lightning war for success in Taiwan
Were the conflict to remain confined to Taiwan, the PLA would have the upper hand. Once the field of operations...
Adieu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the last CPSU General Secretary
That Russia would never be accepted as part of the ‘common European family’ by France, Britain and Germany was never...
Xi storm rages as democracies increase support for embattled Taiwan
President Biden has gladdened the heart of PRC Defence Minister Wei Fenghe by ignoring Taipei’s request for larger, more effective,...
Party on, Sanna Marin, and ignore the critics
When last enquired into, dancing with friends at a party was not a criminal offence in Finland. There are countries...
Unease over Xi boosts security linkages within the Indo-Pacific
Xi has built around him a network of advisors who are almost entirely different from individuals who were influential during...
Machismo no solution to China’s economic woes
Even a blockade of Taiwan would result in sanctions by the US and the EU against the PRC, and that...
The media that sees only what it already believes
They are those who even before visiting India have already made up their minds about ‘Fascist India’. Many international correspondents,...
Xi Jinping testing Biden’s resolve to defend Taiwan
There is confidence in Beijing that the White House lacks the spine to follow the example set by Xi in...
Speaker Pelosi ensures that US assurances regain credibility
Xi seems to have not got the memo that the Legislature is independent of the Executive under the US Constitution,...
Commonwealth must adopt a common standard on rights
At the next Commonwealth Summit, the Secretariat should make public figures relating to the trend line of the proportion of...
PM Modi battles against PLA-GHQ war on India’s economy
Social media is being used to create a cohort of real and virtual influencers who seek to convey to external...
Taiwan is to East Asia what Israel is to West Asia
Takeover of Taiwan by the PRC would upend the security of the Indo-Pacific. It remains to be seen whether Speaker...
Sri Lanka calls out for a lion-hearted leader
A lion heart committed to democracy and against expansionist powers may yet emerge in Colombo. The shark is a predator...
Abe assassinated, but his legacy remains strong in Japan
Adhering to the legacy of Shinzo Abe would mean a strengthening of the Quad and the creation of a Quad...
Justin Trudeau needs to escape the Hinduphobia snare
For reasons of his own, Trudeau has on multiple occasions shown himself to be not just Hinduphobic but Indiaphobic. The...
Xi Jinping examines military options to offset rising disquiet
Central Military Commission may calculate that if they move in force across the Himalayas, reassurances from Washington to Delhi notwithstanding,...
Supreme Court nudges the US back to the 1950s
Going by the logic of six justices of SCOTUS, women’s right to vote could be revoked as it too went...
We are all Indians together, treat us as that
From 15 August 1947, Nehru and others in the Congress leadership adopted a policy of ignoring the wound in the...
