15 March 2022 We have seen now in the meanwhile, how the campaign in Ukraine is afoot. Presently Russian forces are now widening their military arc, moving swiftly to target Western Ukraine with airstrikes in Yavoriv which hosts a centre for military training for UN peacekeeping where until the US pull out, Florida National Guard […]
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12 March 2022 Few people can understand this predicament than perhaps Tamils…as one of the continuously speaking lingo ethnic groups in the world, who have held out against proselytisation of all forms, retaining their own culture, religious denomination, their medicine, their art, drama and literature, one of the greatest balancing acts that this people have […]
9 March 2022 Never have I had to pause, because, my muse was driving me to morbid conclusions, those that I have only dread and regret for. When one analyses strategic sweepstakes, one must take the utmost cautions, even while painting a scenario of war, that the wishful thinking that this oeuvre begets is not […]
2 March 2022 There are many who were fairly surprised by the fact that we are now into a clear conventional military campaign against Ukraine waged by Russia, a war that perhaps only Biden Administration saw clearly as coming. We are now well into the second week of active hostilities. What ever one saw, depending […]
15 February 2022 The Quad which was rebooted with great fanfare during this pandemic by its first heads of government summit virtually now has fresh eyes to look at it after the AUKUS disruption of last year.Indeed, in the midst of the current heat over Ukraine and Eastern Europe, few indications have emerged that inform […]
31 January 2022 The much awaited first ever summit between the Central Asian Republics and India happened virtually on 27 January 2022. There are many key take aways, the first being, that this was the first time the present government has made a substantive engagement with this neighbourhood, with Mr Modi restricting himself earlier with […]
24 January 2022 What diplomacy does is to dilute the harshness of truth or reality with sophistry of word play, couched with jargon and ceremony that attempts to insulate it. The problem with diplomacy is not that it misunderstands it’s role, but that it takes its role too seriously. The problem currently besetting Western Diplomacy […]
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Imran: A Captain’s Knock?
Few will understand that what is happening in Pakistan is most unusual. From its early floundering foundational days, Pakistan as a ‘nationhood’ has been captive to a larger concept of persona unlike no other. In her initial days itself, the country became captive to vested interests, an elite that initially claimed her inevitability as a […]
24 December 2021 China has had a very exciting year. On the face of it, she finally managed all the markers for her ascendency to the Summit of Global Affairs, where she is now Equal with the reigning power, USA. Consider these events- 1 Anchorage Summit at Alaska 2. Exchange of ‘prisoners’ over the Huawei […]
22 December 2021 It is always that time of the year when you like to wrap things up, sort of Christmas gift wrap them, if you will, and hope that Santa will haul away to deliver…The biggest event of this year was supposedly the return of America from the wilderness President Trump had confined her […]
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