Hillary’s candidacy and India
Hillary Clinton finally announced her second bid to be the democratic candidate for the November 2016 presidential election on April 12. The self-proclaimed friend of India, former secretary of state,...
View ArticleThe United Kingdom of Oil
A little known company – UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG), on Thursday announced that it had made a major oil discovery under the Gatwick Airport – about 30 miles from Central London. In a detailed...
View ArticleKomagata Maru: mission to Canada
A little over a hundred years ago on May 23, 1914, residents of the north Pacific British colonial city of Vancouver, woke up to a Japanese freighter carrying British Indian immigrants, weighing anchor...
View ArticleOttoman ship Ertugrul’s Bombay linkages
Amidst the dust, noise, and crowds of the by-lanes off Mohammed Ali Road in south-central Mumbai, stands a white and green mosque, the Ismail Habib Masjid. It is an oasis of tranquillity, with a...
View ArticleRepublicans gear up to ‘Stop Hillary’
A day after Democrat Hillary Clinton announced her bid on April 12 for the U.S. presidential elections, Republican hopeful Marco Rubio did the same. By the end of the week, 19 Republicans—most still...
View ArticleIndia’s game of patience with Afghanistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani with the warmth befitting an old friend without betraying any hint that the guest was late in coming. In showing understanding...
View ArticleGhani and India: circles of separation
The crucial difference between President Ashraf Ghani and his predecessor Hamid Karzai and other Afghan leaders lies in their world views, which determine their foreign and domestic policy choices....
View ArticleXi to Modi: “Here’s my shopping list”
With Indian Prime Minister Modi visiting China from 14-16 May, much remains on the agenda between the two Asian giants. International media will concentrate on border disputes, although these really...
View ArticleReview: Modi in China, Mongolia and South Korea
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently returned from a six-day trip from 14-19 May during which he visited China, Mongolia and South Korea. In China, in a break from the traditional diplomatic meetings...
View ArticleModi one year: foreign policy review (podcast)
Modi’s foreign policy Neelam Deo: “Mutli-alignment has been forced on all countries as the global setting has changed… just as Modi has sought to balance the a a strategic partnership with the U.S. and...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan: False Equivalency
In the wake of India’s hot pursuit of militants into Myanmar, Pakistan has raised numerous alarms about Indian aggression. It has issued various warnings that no such Indian incursion into Pakistan...
View ArticleCritics of Iran nuclear deal press on
The Iran nuclear deal is U.S. President Barack Obama’s biggest foreign policy gamble, one that his administration has spent considerable political capital crafting and defending. But critics say the...
View ArticleIran’s time has come
On July 14, Iran and the UN Security Council’s permanent members, and Germany arrived at a landmark agreement, regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. The deal, negotiated over nine years, the last two of...
View ArticleAre we on the threshold of a United States of Europe?
Four days ago, French President François Hollande declared his in-principle commitment to the creation of a ‘euro government, with the addition of a specific budget and a parliament to ensure...
View ArticleGurdaspur: Advantage Pakistan
Barely two weeks ago, on 10 July, amidst fanfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, Russia, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation...
View ArticleAn agenda for Modi in Silicon Valley
In September, Narendra Modi will visit America’s renowned Silicon Valley in California. Inexplicably, no Indian prime minister other than Jawaharlal Nehru and Morarji Desai has visited San Francisco...
View ArticleIndia’s game of patience with Afghanistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani with the warmth befitting an old friend without betraying any hint that the guest was late in coming. In showing understanding...
View ArticleRepublicans gear up to ‘Stop Hillary’
A day after Democrat Hillary Clinton announced her bid on April 12 for the U.S. presidential elections, Republican hopeful Marco Rubio did the same. By the end of the week, 19 Republicans—most still...
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