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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh
    A file photo of Atal Behari Vajpayee with US President Bill ClintonOpinion
    A visionary who reshaped India's global role

    Vajpayee wanted to allay Pakistani fears that India, particularly his own party, the BJP, wanted to undo the Partition...

    18 Aug 2018 1:22 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Time for defence, not offence, in diplomacy

    The news leak that US President Donald Trump would be the Republic Day chief guest next January was neither confirmed...

    13 Aug 2018 12:31 AM IST

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Imran's governance test: Will he be a pragmatist?

    The first question is whether the Pakistan Army has been able to achieve its objective of having a Prime Minister who...

    27 July 2018 12:17 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Modi's African safari': Of Xi, Brics and more

    The five nations constitute 26 per cent of the world's land mass and 43 per cent of its population.

    23 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

    Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)Opinion
    If Trump comes calling, be ready for the debris

    Others have noted that Mr Trump has never criticised Mr Putin, Xi Jinping or Kim Jong-un, whereas he rarely misses a...

    16 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

    President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Trump's Europe foray: New options for India?

    The moment of reckoning came when Berlin Wall fell in 1989, followed by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

    10 July 2018 12:45 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A new nonalignment' is India's best option now

    India could, as seems to be happening, apparently accept the US demarche and reel back its outreach to Iran and Russia.

    2 July 2018 6:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    UN report on Kashmir is a challenge to Delhi

    While the report attempts to appear balanced, criticising Pak actions in the parts of Kashmir that it occupies, the real...

    18 Jun 2018 4:44 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain after a joint press conference for the SCO Summit in Qingdao, China. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Summit fever: Qingdao, Quebec and Singapore

    China has been allowed to open a branch of a bank and has in turn allowed controlled entry to Indian pharmaceuticals.

    11 Jun 2018 5:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    After swings and hugs, some realism returns

    Relations with Pakistan represent a major policy failure.

    30 May 2018 1:21 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Modi, US & Russia: Is this neo-nonalignment?

    India's geopolitical environment has mutated considerably since Donald Trump became America's President.

    23 May 2018 12:23 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli (L) issued a joint press statement on Saturday afternoon. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)Opinion
    Nurture links to Nepal, keeping China in mind

    Indo-Nepal relations would need careful nurturing after the foolhardy gambles of 2015.

    15 May 2018 12:26 AM IST

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