G7 and China: Fault lines in the world order
June 15, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The G7 has come a long way since its inception in the mid-1970s at the initiative of then French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and W...
US reclaims Turkey for the western alliance
June 12, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The first components of Turkey’s S-400 air defence missiles arrived from Russia in Ankara in July, 2019. (File Photo)
Less than forty-eight...
What to expect when Biden, Erdogan meet
June 10, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at their last meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace, Istanbul, Jan. 23, 2016 (F...
Israeli politics breaks through glass ceiling
June 3, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Conservative Israeli politician Naftali Bennett places a note in the stones of Western Wall, holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem’s...
Let Iran choose its next president
June 2, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Iran’s presidential candidate Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi began his election campaign with two events: a meeting with businessmen and a visit to Teh...
Israel-Palestine conflict at inflection point
May 31, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The well-known French philosopher, writer and political activist, late Paul-Michel Foucault has written about a conversation he had with an Iranian du...
Biden wants to remain engaged with Russia, China
May 29, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (L) and USTR Katherine Tai held their first call after the latter’s Senate confirmation, May 26, 2021
Anyone wh...
Afghanistan: Apocalyptic scenario is unwarranted
May 26, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Afghan children walk past a Taliban Red Unit, an elite force, Alingar district, Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan (File photo)
The Pa...
Biden-Putin summit is on
May 24, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, at Reykjavik, Iceland, May 19, 2021
On March...
How India lost its way in Persian Gulf
May 20, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
India gets booted out of Farzad-B gas field in Persian Gulf.
There have been two successive setbacks in the past one-year period to the India-Ira...
Saudi-Iran reset will take time
May 12, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R) received Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L), Jeddah, May 11, 2021
The Saudi-Irania...
China on the horizon as ‘world’s pharmacy’
May 11, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced approval for China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, Geneva, May 7, 2021
The World Health Org...
US-Taliban acquiesce to live and let live
May 10, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from US Army to Afghan Special Forces, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 2, 2021.
As the US and NATO troop w...
India will be front-line state in Myanmar civil war
May 6, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Hakha Town in Myanmar’s Chin State bordering Mizoram was the scene of attacks on the military by rebel fighters on May 5, 2021 ...
India should welcome the end of US occupation of Afghanist...
April 15, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The spectre haunting India today is that its worst case scenario in Afghanistan is becoming reality — a Taliban takeover. Delhi watches with dis...
Indian Ocean is not India’s ocean
April 12, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones sailing past Lakshadweep Islands April 7 has thrown India’s Sinophobes into confusion. One lead...
Whither India-Russia ties?
April 8, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) at press conference with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (R), Delhi, April 6, 2021 &nb...
China resents US presence in Afghanistan
March 29, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Unidentified militia group shot down helicopter with laser weapons in Wardak March 18 killing Afghan military personnel.
The “hidden agen...
Why US senators are upset with Modi govt
March 20, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
By coincidence, the United States brandished the sword of sanctions at two of its allies this week — Germany and India. There are common threads...
Reset of India-Lanka ties in the cards
March 18, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Adani Group to build container terminal in Colombo
In a stunning coincidence, on Monday, the Sri Lankan government issued a Letter of Intent to t...
India, Pakistan on the road to peace
March 9, 2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Opportunities missed and opportunities seized in the chronicle of international diplomacy in modern history provide two outstanding illustrative examp...
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