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US now a spectator in the Middle East

The Middle East is undergoing a realignment of power. With Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear sites and the assassination of at least two of Iran’s senior security officials, Benjamin Netanyahu is showing his willingness to go it alone and ignore pressure from the Trump administration.

Flashpoint

The long-simmering tensions between Israel and Iran have crossed a dangerous threshold. Israel’s pre-dawn strikes on June 13 against Iran’s nuclear and missile facilities mark a serious escalation that could redraw the strategic landscape of West Asia.

Experiments with RTI

The Parliament of India, in 2005, enacted what would become one of the strongest Right to Information (RTI) laws in the world. 15 June 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the RTI Act, which fully came into force on 12 October 2005.