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

In the Taliban pecking order, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sits on top, with Mullah Mohammad Yakub, son of founder Mullah Omar, coming next. (File Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | India's options limited as Pakistan makes hay in Kabul

Three nations that didn't withdraw diplomatic missions from Kabul are Pakistan, China and Russia

28 Aug 2021 1:52 AM IST

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP)

K.C. Singh | What next in Kabul: Has Taliban really changed?

The Taliban have so far maintained a disciplined deployment in Kabul, avoiding revenge killings or intrusions into homes

19 Aug 2021 1:53 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual launch of Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers, in New Delhi. (PTI)

KC Singh | As external threats on rise, Modi needs peace at home

What PM Modi needs to realise is that when the external environment degrades, domestic politics must adjust if it can't...

4 Aug 2021 1:32 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)

K.C. Singh | China's hard talk: Sign of Xi's confidence or worry?

It was also a personal affront for President Xi Jinping as the post-2008 Chinese assertiveness has his imprint on it

7 July 2021 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting with various political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, in Delhi, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (PTI)

K.C. Singh | After J&K olive branch, will Pak ties normalise

The PM's session with the Kashmiri political leaders is a recognition that the government's Kashmir policy has yielded...

29 Jun 2021 7:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in the first Outreach Session of the G7 Summit virtually.(Photo: Twitter/@PiyushGoyal)

K.C. Singh | Challenges will rise for India at home, abroad

The G-7 communique captures the main themes under six headings

21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

Critical COVID-19 patients receive free oxygen at a Sikh Gurudwara, amid the rise in coronavirus cases across the country, at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)

K.C. Singh | Heal at home first, then try to be a global leader

Mr Jaishankar, even when overseas, has become a flag-bearer for the current Hindutva model, precursor to the RSS' Hindu...

8 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Whether people and voters will see through the BJPs cynical use of diplomacy for electoral gain or lap it up as realpolitik will be known only on May 2. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | National interests hurt if politics, diplomacy mixed

India-Bangladesh relations get impacted by the BJP's divisive and majoritarian politics, over illegal immigrants and...

27 March 2021 4:25 AM IST

Will the BJP government finally realise, as foreign parliaments debate whether democracy is degrading in India, that denial and anger is not the answer. (Photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | To fulfil Quad promise, will India self-correct'?

Self-correction is the answer. Otherwise, the Quad will merely be a limping Triad-plus

15 March 2021 12:00 AM IST

India is now caught between Biden administrations call for united action and the traditional Indian policy of playing both ways. (Photo:AFP)

K.C. Singh | India caught in a fix on dealing with Myanmar

The military coup that took place in Myanmar early on Monday morning took the world by surprise

3 Feb 2021 4:24 AM IST

Peace at home, constitutionalism, rule of law and respect for human rights is a precondition to any genuine partnership abroad with major democracies recovering from the right-wing onslaught on their institutions. (Photo:AP)

K.C. Singh | India, world must gear up as Biden era begins

While India would be happy with the tone and tenor on China, though what the new China containment strategy will be is...

21 Jan 2021 4:53 AM IST

The leaders of the representating nations of RCEP attending the ASEAN summit in Hanoi. (AFP)

RCEP shifts Indo-Pacific dynamics, blow to Delhi

The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has significantly altered the Indo-Pacific strategic...

17 Nov 2020 11:46 AM IST