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The calculus behind global invitations
The guest list of Republic day, over the years has reflected India’s growing global aspirations, balancing diplomacy with pragmatism Beyond the obvious suggestions of bilateral bonhomie and relationship, there is an invisible calculus of cold strategy in inviting foreign Heads of State to events like the Republic Day, in the Indian...
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Navigating Trump redux: India’s tightrope
10 January 2025 | Bhopinder Singh -
Jordan’s ambivalent stance on Palestine
27 December 2024 | Bhopinder Singh -
Superpower retreats and their fallout
10 December 2024 | Bhopinder Singh -
Unveiling transnational drug syndicate
02 December 2024 | Bhopinder Singh -
India’s cricket boycott is a safety issue, not politics
15 November 2024 | Bhopinder Singh -
Taiwanese conundrum for mainland China
26 January 2024 | Bhopinder Singh -
Trump exploits legal loopholes
16 January 2024 | Bhopinder Singh
Resetting India Egypt relations
Inviting President of Egypt as the chief guest at Republic day parade can usher in a new era in Indo Egyptian relations President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt made an interesting choice as the Chief Guest for the 74th Republic Day Parade, a first-ever from an Arab country. The choice is...
Jacinda Ardern is a true Gandhian
Jacinda Ardern New Zealand’s outgoing PM stands tall among the leaders of her ilk who stood for human values & renounced power voluntarily In a world full of unhinged politicians, reckless ambitions, and amoral shortsightedness, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern stood out like a colossus. For a distant and tiny country with...
USA gets the taste of ‘Samosa’ caucus
With influencial Indian Diaspora, Indian point of view gets more pronounced in the policy decisions in the US. India is not complaining Bipartisan pressure groups are not unknown in democracies, as the personal backgrounds or similarly held beliefs and concerns, can cut across partisan lines. These formal or informal caucuses are...
Pak’s metastasizing Insurgents
The internal conflicts in Pakistan are getting more pronounced with time with Baloch and Pashtuns vying for their identity and power British colonists had deployed a formula to deal with the restive swathes that constitute modern Pakistan i.e., ‘Rule the Punjabis, intimidate the Sindhis, buy the Pashtun, and honour the Baloch’....
It all boils down to appetite for conflict
A tired ‘Free World’, noticeably the US, is no match for autocratic regimes like China and Russia that are not answerable to anyone for their amoral acts Irrespective of the governmental spine, the popular mood in Australia sums up the awkward conundrum: There is simply no appetite for conflict with China....
The Ummah and its Israeli connect
The ever-present shadow of Israel looms large over the goings-on in the Islamic world, sometimes for real and at other times only in imagination Fixation with Israel haunts the Ummah (pan-Islamic community), sometimes credibly so, other times imagined rather creatively. Even the distant, multicultural and multi-confessional (with Muslim majority) Malaysia insists...
Shadowy Generals in Rawalpindi GHQ
The Pakistani military has perfected the art of ruling without ‘official’ accountability and with the additional weapon of plausible deniability On August 17, 1988, the dark and toxic regime of Pakistani Gen Zia-ul-Haq came to an end with the “mysterious case of exploding mangoes", which remains mired in unresolved conspiracy theories....
