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Bhopinder Singh
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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry
    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 )World
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)Opinion
    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)India
    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)Opinion
    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)India
    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

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