Russian Roulette Over CTBT is Ominous
In the latest twist of the strategic ratchet, Russia has announced that it intends to revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive...
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Sep 6, 20224 min
The uphill road that awaits PM Liz Truss
Even as Liz Truss enters 10 Downing Street as the United Kingdom (UK)’s fourth prime minister (PM) in the last six years, she will be...
Dec 2, 20204 min
The other side of the Covid pandemic
When the new dawn breaks, as it inevitably must, it will reveal a tired world. A world in which millions will be struggling to pick up...
Jul 15, 20204 min
Neither East, Nor West, Only China
“Neither East, nor West” was Ayatollah Khomeini’s slogan for the reconstruction of a post-revolution Iran. This no longer seems to hold...
Oct 8, 20193 min
Trump finally faces the impeachment challenge, but plans to brazen it out
This one has truly come in from the outfield. While impeachment has been whispered around the corridors of Washington DC since the...
Sep 23, 20193 min
Howdy Modi: Houston, we don’t have a problem
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to the United States during the Donald Trump administration got off to a dream start in...
Aug 25, 20193 min
A letter from Mashobra, where time stands still
It’s a four kilometre walk through a thick Deodhar forest from my cottage to Mashobra, an almost continuous bazaar on a ridge. The slopes...
Jun 7, 20194 min
Forgetting history and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919
It is still April when I visit Jallianwala Bagh, a full 100 years after the 1919 massacre. The newspapers are full of recollections....
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