Much ado about nothing The Statesman 21 Mar 2023 The International Criminal Court (ICC), based in Hague, has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Kremlin. Charges include suspected involvement in the ‘unlawful deportation and transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.’ The ICC statement read, […]
New beginnings in west Asia The Statesman 14 Mar 2023 The withdrawal of one power from a region opens doors for the entry of another. During his visit to Riyadh, in Jul 2022, President Biden claimed he raised the ‘execution’ of Jamal Khashoggi with their Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). Saudi Foreign Minister stated that MBS […]
A year into the war The Excelsior 28 Feb 2023 Biden’s visit to Kiev signalled a year into the conflict which is nowhere near termination and has transformed from a war between two states into a proxy conflict. While the west backs Ukraine it blocks all support to Russia, accusing Russia of being the invader. What the west fails […]
Strategic lessons from the Ukraine conflict The Statesman 28 Feb 2023 In 2017, Manohar Parrikar, as the defence minister, reduced India’s ammunition holding from 40 to 10 days on the premise that future conflicts would be short, intense and swift. This was a follow up of a CAG report which stated that Indian ammunition supplies can only sustain a […]
The world responds to a rising India The Statesman 21 Feb 2023 Addressing the press in Bangalore prior to Aero India 2023, the US Charge d’Affaires, Elizabeth Jones, stated ‘India is a partner of choice for the US,’ adding, ‘our growing diplomatic and security cooperation over the last year is evidence of this.’ She went on to state that […]
The balloon fallout The Excelsior 14 Feb 2023 Politics in democracies implies targeting the government at every opportunity as part of vote bank politics. How this impacts international ties is of no concern to those involved. India has witnessed it regularly. It was visible in the US when the Chinese balloon overflew the country. It was neither the first […]
Am quoted in tthis article on Sputnik Recent visits by US politicians to India have stirred talks of Washington trying to pull New Delhi away from Russia out of fear of ties growing warmer between the two strategic partners.Due to India’s beliefs and its neutral foreign policy, the world’s fifth largest economy has not taken sides, maintaining a diplomatic stance […]
India’s multi-alignment and strategic autonomy India vs disinformation 08 Feb 2023 NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, while addressing the Keio University in Tokyo last week stated that China’s growing assertiveness and collaboration with Russia poses a threat not only to Asia but also to Europe. He therefore sought ‘closer cooperation and more friends for NATO in the Indo-pacific.’ Earlier […]
Providing tanks to Ukraine The Excelsior 01 Feb 2023 The announcement by the US to supply 31 Abrams tanks, Germany 14 Leopard-2 and the UK 14 Challenger-2 tanks against Zelensky’s demand of 300 tanks, reignites the debate on employment of armour in the modern battlefield. These deliveries are in addition to some Leopard-2 tanks promised by Ukraine’s other neighbours […]
British must shed colonial hangover The Statesman 31 Jan 2023 The BBC documentary on PM Modi and the Gujrat riots have been under discussion for the past fortnight. While the Indian government has rightly banned the documentary and its links in India, the fact that the BBC published its foreign office’s illegal investigation into the Gujrat riots displays its […]