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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry

Trumps angry denials on Twitter have often served only to exacerbate the debate over his behaviour towards women. (Photo: File)

Trump & Harleys: It may be more bark than bite

The retaliatory threat and no-holds-barred language was similarly deployed for Canada and Mexico.

15 March 2018 1:45 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Sinosphere' growing, threat to India rising

Nepal has already voted in K.P. Sharma Oli's Left alliance and the traditionally pro-India Nepal Congress sits on the...

1 March 2018 12:05 AM IST

'Terror tag' threat puts Islamabad under siege

As a major victim of cross-border terrorism and the accompanying scourge of terror financing, India is a member state of...

20 Feb 2018 2:51 AM IST

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AFP)

Kabul under siege: Will Pak have to pay a price?

Two back-to-back terror attacks in Kabul within a couple of weeks have revealed the reach and capability of the terror...

10 Feb 2018 3:16 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

India-Israel ties are all set to touch new highs

Today, Israel is the second biggest foreign military supplier for India, poised to pip the US over the long term.

10 Jan 2018 12:13 AM IST

The UN General Assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions in favour of a non-binding resolution declaring President Donald Trumps recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital null and void, a smaller margin than the Palestinians hoped for but also a rebuke to the US, which is threatening to cut funding for those who voted yes. (Photo: AP )

Return of Israeli-Arab hostilities can only flare up regressive...

The fledgling peace process in the region could implode with the furies over the expected outrage from such a move in...

27 Dec 2017 1:12 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare. Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has baffled the country by ending his address on national television without announcing his resignation. (Photo: AP)

Africa's strongmen: A vanishing tribe

Now green shoots of democratic impulses in Africa are emerging in Ghana, Ethiopia, Liberia and Egypt.

27 Nov 2017 4:12 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

The warring lovechildren of Cold War era

Caught in the midst of these competing ambitions is the fledgling government of the Fulbright scholar and academician...

11 Nov 2017 12:58 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: AP)

Move closer to Japan, but respect the past

Technically, Andaman and Nicobar Islands became the first territory to be liberated from the British by flying the...

7 Oct 2017 12:18 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

China's realpolitik is losing its sheen

This no-holds-barred approach of China won it immediate gratification in terms of low-hanging fruits in an increasingly...

20 Sept 2017 2:39 AM IST

Hamid Ansaris second five-year term as the vice-president ends on Thursday. (Photo: AP/File)

Democracy survives: When loss' isn't defeat'

Today India is deeply polarised, fractured and an increasingly fragmented polity with an ongoing consolidation of the...

17 Aug 2017 12:35 AM IST

Islamic State fighters (Photo: AFP)

Rise of Shia crescent' leaves Mideast rattled

The fact that Iran is working with the Russians in the Syrian theatre further pushes Iran away from the sensibilities of...

4 Aug 2017 12:33 AM IST