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The writer, a retired diplomat, has served as India�??s ambassador to South Korea

President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meet on Sentosa Island, Singapore. (Photo: AP)

Trump-Kim courtship full of uncertainties

The roadmap for reaching these objectives has, till now, been laid out in three bilateral agreements.

5 Feb 2019 2:10 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)

A dealmaker and a strategist in battle of wits

In the Pyongyang joint declaration, some concrete steps towards the denuclearisation of North Korea were included.

29 Sept 2018 12:44 AM IST

A file photo of the Afghanistan: Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Connectivity conference that brought together Afghanistan, the five Central Asian countries, the United Nations and other stakeholders to work towards peace, increased security and regional development in Afghanistan and the region

Amid a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, strategic coordination with...

Both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are secular democratic Republics and are ideologically strongly opposed to the Taliban.

28 Aug 2018 6:12 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)

Trump-Kim summit leaves S Korea, Japan vulnerable

In the agreement there is mention neither of easing sanctions against North Korea nor of any economic assistance.

15 Jun 2018 1:40 AM IST

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

Expect the unexpected at Trump-Kim meet

Trump's numerous tweets and impromptu remarks reveal his conviction that he holds all the cards.

12 Jun 2018 12:59 AM IST

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

All eyes on Trump-Kim summit: Will it happen or not?

The denuclearisation of North Korea can only be a process with major reciprocal steps by the United States and South...

21 May 2018 1:00 AM IST

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

US must talk to Tokyo, Seoul & Beijing on how to tackle Kim

This makes the task of US President Donald Trump very difficult when he sits across the table with Mr Kim in May 2018.

4 April 2018 2:31 AM IST

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Koreas on the path to d©tente... But will Trump & Kim derail it?

It would be reasonable to hope that North-South summit would be held in April with tangible outcomes for inter-Korean...

15 March 2018 1:11 AM IST

Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns sister, during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea's deft sports diplomacy has severely limited America's options

The slanderous reports in the Western media questioning Jong-un's mental stability need to be dismissed as propaganda.

23 Feb 2018 2:37 AM IST

South Korea unification minister Cho Myung-Gyun (L) shakes hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son-Gwon (R) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. (Photo: AFP)

Signs of thaw on the Korean peninsula?

In this rapid unfolding of events both the US and China seem to have had only a marginal supportive role.

12 Jan 2018 1:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands during a joint press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul recently. (Photo: AP)

Are US-North Korea talks looming on the horizon?

In the joint press conference in Seoul on November 7, President Trump made several important remarks.

10 Nov 2017 1:34 AM IST

A man walks past a mural showing Chinese soldiers and military hardware at an exhibition highlighting Chinas achievements under five years of leadership by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Beijing Exhibition Hall in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Foreign trade: A weapon in the Chinese armoury?

Hyundai Motors, which had sales of 1.1 million cars in China last year, has been another target of Chinese wrath.

4 Oct 2017 12:42 AM IST