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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Donald Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe share a fist bump during their meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Match interests with pull from China, Russia, US

    The US threatened to take the matter before UN Security Council, where China feared questioning by members in open...

    1 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

    US President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Why Donald Trump 'blinked' in the crisis with Iran

    The implication was that there would be some military action, proportionate to the provocation.

    24 Jun 2019 7:35 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Risk, opportunity faces India in unstable world

    Tariffs on Chinese goods were further raised, and Huawei severed from US supply chains, sharpening the trade war.

    13 Jun 2019 3:03 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Maldives & Sri Lanka: PM starts with a bang

    The presence of the Indian Prime Minister thus sends a strong signal of Indian solidarity with democratic forces in the...

    8 Jun 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Wednesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)Opinion
    Time for rise of Modi the statesman

    It invariably has diminishing returns, the subject targeted compensating by realigning with powers opposed to India.

    25 May 2019 12:13 AM IST

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) said he hoped that his visit to India will strengthen cooperation between the two countries in various areas like technology, agriculture and other spheres that are changing the world. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    After May 23, India has to reset ties with key powers

    The next Indian Prime Minister has to loosen the China-Pakistan alliance by a combination of rewards and punishments.

    20 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

    President Donald TrumpOpinion
    US-Iran spat: New govt needs to rebalance ties

    The Narendra Modi government confronts a long list of IOUs that the US is now encashing.

    17 May 2019 1:50 AM IST

    Narendra ModiOpinion
    Foreign policy options after May 23 verdict

    In India, the Narendra Modi government's changes in foreign policy are both cosmetic and substantive.

    8 May 2019 12:31 AM IST

    Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    A big win for India, but wait to see what's next

    The French were the most vocal, specialy after the February attack happened in Pulwama.

    3 May 2019 7:05 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump has decided to end waivers on Iranian oil. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Balancing Iran, US ties to get harder for India

    The US cannot otherwise undo that resolution as the other four permanent members are unlikely to concur.

    1 May 2019 2:27 AM IST

    The MEAs comments came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow Pakistani soil to be used for terror. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    The world can't pause: Why are polls so long?

    Imran Khan thus shrewdly got Pakistan out of the Indian electoral battle, realising he will have to deal with whoever is...

    22 April 2019 12:00 AM IST

    Benny Gantzs centrist Blue and White party was projected to take 30 seats, more than the 26 forecast for Netanyahus right-wing Likud. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Bibi's back! Will BJP's strategy work well too?

    The Modi-Netanyahu relationship is undergirded by an unsaid ideological affinity between Hindutva and Zionism.

    11 April 2019 12:34 AM IST

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