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The writer is an independent security and political risk consultant.

Chinese currency notes: The yuan

A wake-up call on the growing threat to India from China

The Chinese threat has not receded and the Chinese leadership still looks to Mao for guidance, the author argues.

14 Dec 2018 12:34 AM IST

Lord Curzon and his wife Mary Curzon on a tiger hunt in 1902

A well-researched compendium of the people who ran the Raj

David Gilmour, one of Britain's most accomplished historical writers, has however decided to ignore all that and dive...

23 Nov 2018 12:39 AM IST

Indian purchases of Iranian crude increased from 12.7 million tonnes in 2015-16 to 27.2 mt the next fiscal. Today, Iran is Indias third largest oil supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia. (Representational Image | AP)

Iran's oil and India's fragile energy security

Washington's decision to dishonour its nuclear treaty with Tehran and hammer on economic sanctions was sudden as well as...

7 Nov 2018 12:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe at a hotel in Yamanakako village, Yamanashi prefecture on October 28, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

India-Japan ties: Can Modi, Abe go beyond personal chemistry?

Prime Minister Abe, who comes from a respected political family, is adept at political diplomacy.

31 Oct 2018 12:18 AM IST

The minimum temperature recorded on Wednesday was 23.4 degrees, at par with the normal average.

Rising heat affects all, world must act as one

Global warming and climate change have become a part of our lexicon during the past couple of decades.

15 Oct 2018 12:06 AM IST

Imran Khan, 65, was on Saturday sworn in as Pakistans new prime minister, nearly 22 years after the former cricket hero entered politics. (Photo: AFP)

CPEC toughest test for Imran & Pak generals

The Army has good reason to be pleased with Imran's accession, which many believe was pre-scripted.

20 Aug 2018 5:15 AM IST

The Unending Game A Former R&AW Chiefs Insights into Espionage By Vikram SoodPenguin Random House India pp. 282 Rs 599

Espionage is much more than cloak and dagger ops

The Unending Game, the author writes, is not a personal memoir, nor is it about the organization for which I worked.

3 Aug 2018 1:22 AM IST

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan greets supporters during a political campaign rally in Multan. Pakistan will hold the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Imran looms, but will voters surprise Army?

The only problem is that Pakistan's voters, despite years of military rule, have a strong democratic streak in them.

24 July 2018 12:10 AM IST

A file picture of Muhammad Ali Jinnah addressing a crowd in Lahore

Hilarious and ultimately tragic lives of leaders who ruled Pak

Jinnah was convinced that he single-handedly had wrested Pakistan from the British Empire and that he alone would...

20 July 2018 12:41 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

As Army manages' Pak polls, future uncertain

The former Prime Minister's two sons, Hassan and Hussain, are also implicated but have been absconding for good reason.

12 July 2018 1:18 AM IST

J&K Governor Narinder Nath Vohra held a marathon meeting with all administrative secretaries and senior police and forest official at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar to discuss various issues concerning the state. (Photo: DC)

D©j vu in J&K: Finding a solution to get harder

The politically-canny BJP president, Amit Shah, seemed to have decided that enough was enough.

22 Jun 2018 12:48 AM IST

Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State By Madiha Afzal Penguin, pp. 192, Rs 599

An authentic take on how most Pakistanis feel about terrorism

The Army termed the matter as a threat to national security while the journalist who wrote the piece was banned from...

15 Jun 2018 1:24 AM IST