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

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

Indian army soldiers patrol near the Line of Control in Poonch district after a ceasefire violation by Pakistan. (Photo: PTI)

In Kashmir, a military solution just won't work

The Centre cannot even complain of the ignorance, intrigues or machinations of state politics as it is part of the...

3 May 2017 2:25 AM IST

Gen Bipin Rawat (Photo: PTI)

Whose Army is it anyway?

In Pakistan, the political angularity and overspill was unmistakable.

11 April 2017 3:24 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Pathan angst around the Durand Line

Over 30 million Pathans are in Pakistan while another 14 million are on the other side of the Durand Line in...

31 March 2017 2:23 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan drifts towards isolation

Pakistanis from shifting blame on its deteriorating security situation and growing intolerance on the footsteps of the...

3 March 2017 6:38 AM IST

Supporters of Hafiz Saeed, head of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, protest in Lahore recently after the Pakistani authorities took him into custody after rising international pressure. (Photo: AP)

Will Pak re-examine the way it persecutes Ahmadiyyas, others?

This perforce ensures that the Ahmadiyyas do not sign it and therefore are debarred from visiting Mecca to perform the...

17 Feb 2017 2:27 AM IST

Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Raheel's Saudi role to backfire on Pak?

The move to avoid joining IMAFT initially was driven by internal considerations.

18 Jan 2017 1:07 AM IST