India exhibited its capability to keep diverse partners on its side, in an earnest attempt to foment a balanced foreign policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprisingly debut visit to Russia, after kick-starting his third-term in office, had categorical messages for Moscow, Washington and Beijing, apart from Brussels. New Delhi was pushing the envelope of strategic…
Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution and a Dalit by himself, was one of the most farsighted souls of the then Indian Subcontinent, as he had the vision of empowering millions of scheduled castes lingering under the lines of apartheid and discrimination in a fellow-Hindu dominated society. That is why he once turned down…
Deng Xiaoping and Mikhail Gorbachev were both statesmen par-excellence and without their far-sightedness China and Russia would not have been where they are today. The least that they contributed to their evolving relationship is a new modus operandi to look beyond the immediate, and marshal a course of action that is nothing but leadership. In…
Yaakov Amidror, a former National Security Advisor of Israel, while commenting on his country’s modus operandi to open several fronts with the Arabs had once said, “…each one is problematic; together, they are devastating.” Perhaps that is what the Zionist state is witnessing in the wake of its jingoism over Syria, persisting genocide against Gazans,…
From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin, Russia has come a long way. It is insurmountable, and has defied all odds to stand tall against an encroaching Western dispensation. The hat-trick presidential victory for the former KGB Colonel at the helm of affairs since 2012 is a feast to be accounted for. Notwithstanding slurs of repression,…
Two years after the Russian aggression over Ukraine, the war mosaic is evenly split. There are tales of valour and resilience by the Ukrainians and, likewise, one of strategic excellence as far as the Russians are concerned. The dilemma whatsoever is with Europe and the United States, as they have not been able to stand…
Iran has gambled and it has lost. Tehran’s decision to fly-in drones backed with precision-guided missiles deep into Pakistan’s side of restive Balochistan was a fiasco. It was a perfect misadventure, and uncalled for. It was, at least, not expected from a prudent and wise leadership like the one in Iran after the 1979 Islamic…
I often eulogize and wish to refer to the phrase, ‘Stairway to Heaven’ to the beauty and bounties of Kashmir. The phrase incidentally is also part of a couplet of British singer Robert Plant’s song. That is how one can mesmerize God’s territory on Earth, as it is referred to! But when it turns to…
Pakistan has never invested so much time and resources on any of its neighbours, but Afghanistan. Pakistan lived for decades in an existential threat but was forthcoming for its western neighbour. It ruined its social fabric with Kalashnikov, drugs and terrorism, but stood fast with the plight of Afghans and continued to host more than…
The 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan, a renowned cine-screen actor too, was vatic as he once pronounced, “…this generation may be the one that will face Armageddon.” Though not to this day, the October 7, 2023, adventure (read misadventure) of Hamas has brought the world close to a literal showdown. Armageddon is…
