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

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

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

K.C. Singh | Imran-Army row: Tragedy replayed or rebalancing?

A rebalancing of civil-military relations may happen if Khan physically survives the current impasse and later sweeps...

19 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

The next phase of the India-Pakistan detente will have to wait till the national elections are over in both countries. (Representational Image)

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift

It is unlikely the Indian government will risk engaging with Pakistan with less than a year to go before the Lok Sabha...

21 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinas President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Xi talks peace, extends China's hold on Russia

The overall signal is of both sides agreeing to an enduring economic partnership

23 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Partys Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. - The effect was achieved through varying the lens focal length. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

KC Singh | Iran-Saudi-China accord a wake-up call for India?

China gains considerably from the deal by projecting its growing role as an economic and political power

13 March 2023 12:18 AM IST

Cover photo of Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story by Seema Sirohi. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | India-US ties: Will a shadow fall between friendship &...

Review of 'Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story' by Seema Sirohi.

12 March 2023 12:33 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Global tensions stymie India's G-20 leadership

The Ukraine war has polarised the group with China increasingly in the Russian corner, opposing any condemnatory words...

4 March 2023 12:37 AM IST