India has maintained a steady relationship with Russia, Iran and Afghanistan as well as enhanced tieups in the name of democratic solidarity in the form of the Quad comprising India, Australia, Japan and the United States.
March 20, 2023Staring at a bleak future, Ukraine continues to bleed a victim of its old and new protectors. Mahatma Gandhi’s words are totally apt for Ukraine: ‘What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?’
January 14, 2023Amidst the ensuing mayhem and unrest, the strategic eye on the ball in terms of checkmating the future risks from Beijing are still firmly in place, as validated by the conceptualisation of the ‘Quad Fund’.
October 19, 2022Around 80,000 to 90,000 people from Russia come to Goa for holidaying every year, while around 50,000 people from UK also prefer Goa.
October 16, 2022History is often written by the victor, and no finer examples can be found than from Winston Churchill’s books on the Second World War and British imperial stories, in which he played no small role.
October 9, 2022A 27-year-old Russian rapper was among those drafted to fight against Ukraine and according to New York Post, he committed suicide after declaring that he was "not ready to kill for any ideals."
October 4, 2022This retreat shows the dismal shortcomings of Russia's military planning, coordination and execution of military operations.
September 19, 2022Public memory is not uniform or static. Statues and memorials erected in the years after the second world war are prime examples.
September 10, 2022They need to ensure they do not compound that error by keeping regional powers and blocs out of the post-war planning process.
September 5, 2022The Biden administration let it be known on Wednesday that it was sending nearly $3 billion in weapons and equipment to Ukraine.
August 27, 2022Without any exit strategy on the Ukraine war, we face a prolonged period of stalemate, devastation and less willingness to negotiate even cease-fires.
August 26, 2022He is now being severely criticised, perhaps unfairly because he can only action what the alliance’s member-states approve, for not following through on his rhetoric.
August 25, 2022Nato-reinforced Ukraine put up an unexpectedly formidable resistance, and the prowess of the Russian military machine also appears to have been overrated.
August 25, 2022Condemning the Kremlin for what he called “nuclear blackmail”, President Zelenaskyy demanded that Russian troops leave the plant.
August 23, 2022The so-called Persian Pipeline proposed in 2008 which was meant to supply gas from Iranian gas fields to European buyers was always the economically most viable.
August 20, 2022In 2021, he highlighted Nato’s rising military threat on his country’s western borders and demanded legal guarantees for Russia.
August 18, 2022Notwithstanding the risk — still remote, but hard to ignore — of a potential nuclear conflagration in Europe, the main Western adversarial focus appears to be on China.
July 28, 2022