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The writer is a former secretary in the external affairs ministry. He tweets at @ambkcsingh.

Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued an emiri decree renewing the membership of some Shura Council members and appointing 28 new members to include women for the first time in the history of the... council, said a statement. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Fissures in the Gulf region test for India's diplomacy

Qatar is not a small Gulf nation that can be cajoled or browbeaten.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/File)

K.C. Singh | Did Bibi's divisive agenda allow Hamas to hit Israel?

The Hamas outburst should actually come as no surprise.

10 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, (Image: DC)

Provocative analysis inspires fresh look at Sino-US power strife

The writer underplays China's aggressiveness in South and East China Seas and across Line of Actual Control (LAC)...

8 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

The victory of Opposition candidate Mohammed Muizzu in the Maldives presidential election seemed imminent when he led in the first round, though falling short of the 50 per cent vote that was needed for an outright victory. (Image : Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Maldives the latest play in India-China games

Warning signals that India's Maldivian policy was fraying had been visible for some time

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (Image: Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Khalistan': Security vs free speech derails Canada ties

The issue of Khalistan is, however, a lot more complicated than the public uproar betrays.

21 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with World Bank President Ajay Banga, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Joe Biden pose for a group photo during the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | A mix of success, hype & innovation at Delhi G-20

One notable outcome is the admission of the African Union as a full member of the G-20, making it now the G-21.

11 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

A large banner bearing the image of Lotus Temple put up by the MCD to welcome heads of state and other international guests who will be arriving for the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Dutt)

K.C. Singh | G-20's outcome uncertain amid multiple challenges

This is the first G-20 summit that Xi Jinping is skipping.

8 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | China playing puppeteer as Brics expands, G-20 looms

Crucially, the group's most important economies are China and India, bitter adversaries that rarely cooperate on...

28 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on July 8, 2022 shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looking at a map during his visit to the position of the Ukrainian army in Dnipro region. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | China, Ukraine shadow over Sept G-20 summit

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes for a peace summit of world leaders .

10 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the French President Emmanuel Macron for a State Banquet at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, Friday, July 14, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India and France: United over strategic autonomy'

The unique and close relationship between India and France dates from soon after India's independence in 1947.

17 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of Centres of Power: My Years in the Prime Ministers Office and Security Council. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Sketch of two charismatic PMs whose errors cost India...

The author relates with honesty the flaws and strengths Rajiv Gandhi, then seen as India's John F Kennedy'.

25 Jun 2023 12:50 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian community programme, in Sydney. (Photo: PTI)

K.C. Singh | Modi Pacific foray: China, Quad, islands & diaspora

Mr Modi, perhaps mindful of past Opposition criticism of his partisan lectures while abroad, largely focused on...

25 May 2023 12:00 AM IST