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

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AFP)

N. Korea's game of dare

With tempers running high in the restive Korean peninsula, negotiations seem unlikely.

26 July 2017 12:49 AM IST

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Why 2017 is not 1962

Structurally also, the independent PLA is a potential threat to its own regime of the Communist Party of China.

19 July 2017 2:17 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Royal Castle in Warsaw. (Photo: AP)

Trump scripts his version of modern day presidential'

The media is sensing blood and latching on to the false promises, ineptitude and implications of the Trump presidency.

7 July 2017 12:16 AM IST

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)

In Mideast spat, pot calls the kettle black

Every nation has blood on their hands and has contributed to the bloody quagmire in the Middle East.

19 Jun 2017 1:53 AM IST

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, top left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, top right, attend a signing ceremony following their bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 15, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Trade-off on OBOR is a risky affair for India

Beyond the optics of muscle-flexing by both the Chinese and the US-led flotillas in the routine show-of-strength at the...

2 Jun 2017 1:36 AM IST

Late Naib Subedar Paramjit Singhs mother mourns near her sons body on its arrival at their village Vain Poin, some 40 km from Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Pak Army's journey into unsoldierly debasement

Modern day armed forces of both India and Pakistan owe their genealogical construct and DNA to the erstwhile British...

11 May 2017 3:59 AM IST