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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran KhanOpinion
    All sides lose out as India-Pak talks bid fail

    While India alleged that it only now saw Imran Khan's real faceâ€, he retorted with the barb that small men occupying...

    24 Sept 2018 1:25 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    A changing UN might offer India a new role

    The United States has decided to reduce its UN peacekeeping contribution from 28.5 per cent of its total budget to 25...

    17 Sept 2018 1:27 AM IST

    External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the joint press conference after the India-US 2+2 Dialogue, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    2+2 is a step forward, but it's no grand leap

    The reality of military cooperation with a major power is summed up in the adage in for a penny, in for a pound.

    8 Sept 2018 12:50 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday conducted aerial survey of flood-hit Kerala where 324 people have died in last nine days. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    We need maturity over foreign aid in disasters

    The Union government must display alacrity and large-heartedness in putting Kerala back on its feet.

    27 Aug 2018 12:00 AM IST

    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

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